LEADER 03461nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910781616203321 005 20230725051454.0 010 $a1-283-24553-1 010 $a9786613245533 010 $a0-7748-1957-X 024 7 $a10.59962/9780774819572 035 $a(CKB)2550000000051001 035 $a(EBL)3276033 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000673329 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11360217 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000673329 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10644374 035 $a(PQKB)10250219 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412693 035 $a(CaBNVSL)slc00227050 035 $a(CEL)439036 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412693 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10492773 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL324553 035 $a(OCoLC)923448227 035 $a(DE-B1597)661882 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774819572 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000051001 100 $a20110923d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aBeyond suffering $erecounting war in modern China /$feditors, James Flath, Norman Smith 210 $aVancouver, B.C. $cUBC Press$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (329 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary Chinese studies 311 1 $a0-7748-1955-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Society at war -- pt. 2. Institutional engagement -- pt. 3. Memory and representation. 330 $a"China was afflicted by a brutal succession of conflicts through much of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Yet there has never been clear understanding of how wartime suffering defined the nation and shaped its people. 330 $aIn Beyond Suffering, a distinguished group of historians of modern China look beyond the geopolitical aspects of war to explore its social, institutional, and cultural dimensions, from child rearing and education to massacres and warlord mutinies. Though accounts of war-inflicted suffering are often fragmented or politically motivated, the authors show that they are crucial to understanding the multiple fronts on which wars are fought, experienced, and remembered. The chapters in Part 1, "Society at War," reveal how war and militarization can both structure and destabilize society, while those in Part 2, "Institutional Engagement," show how institutions and the people they represent can become pawns in larger power struggles. Lastly, Part 3, "Memory and Representation," examines the various media, monuments, and social controls by which war has been memorialized. 330 $aAlthough many of the conflicts described in Beyond Suffering barely registered against the sweeping backdrop of Chinese history, such conflicts bring us closer to understanding war, militarism, and suffering in modern China."--Pub. desc. 410 0$aContemporary Chinese studies. 606 $aWar and society$zChina$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWar and society$zChina$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aChina$xHistory, Military 607 $aChina$xHistory, Military$y19th century 615 0$aWar and society$xHistory 615 0$aWar and society$xHistory 676 $a951.05 701 $aFlath$b James A$01563654 701 $aSmith$b Norman$0462333 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781616203321 996 $aBeyond suffering$93832219 997 $aUNINA