Remembering China from Taiwan : divided families and bittersweet reunions after the Chinese civil war / / Mahlon Meyer

• Autore: Meyer Mahlon
• Pubblicazione: Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2012
• Edizione: 1st edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 pages)
• Disciplina: 325.2109510951249; 951.05
• Soggetto topico: War and families - China
• Soggetto geografico: China History Civil War, 1945-1949 Refugees; China History Civil War, 1945-1949 Personal narratives; China Emigration and immigration History 20th century; Taiwan Emigration and immigration History 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Degrees of Escape; 2. Mixing Memory and Desire; 3. Low Lie the Shattered Towers; 4. Overseas Connections; Conclusion: The Other Shore; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: When the Nationalists lost China in 1949, many of them left behind their families as they retreated to Taiwan. A half century later, through democratic elections, they lost control over Taiwan as well and began looking to a new and powerful China, where their relatives had grown rich, for a sense of identity and economic support, thus laying the groundwork for the growing integration between Taiwan and China. As exchanges across the Taiwan Strait increased, many separated families finally met after years of dreaming about each other in hope and in sorrow, through many eras and disast.
• Titolo autorizzato: Remembering China from Taiwan
• ISBN: 988-220-909-2; 988-220-897-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817175803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II