Elusive Refuge : Chinese Migrants in the Cold War /

The 1949 Chinese Communist Revolution is a subject of inexhaustible historical interest, but the plight of millions of Chinese who fled China during this tumultuous period has been largely forgotten. Elusive Refuge recovers the history of China's twentieth-century refugees. Focusing on humanita...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Madokoro, Laura (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Chinese > Foreign countries.
Cold War.
Humanitarian assistance > Political aspects.
Political refugees > China.
HISTORY / Asia / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Written Out: The 1951 Convention and Refugees in Asia
  • 2. Border Crossing: Migrants and the Refugee Label
  • 3. Promoting Refugees: Western Humanitarians in Hong Kong
  • 4. Troubled Times: Illegal Migration and the Refugee Subject
  • 5. Cold War Visuals: Capturing the Politics of Resettlement
  • 6. Navigating Change: Migrants and Regulated Movement
  • 7. Humanitarianism in Myth and Practice: From Hong Kong to Indochina
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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