The undaunted women of Nanking : the wartime diaries of Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shui-fang /

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During the infamous "Rape of Nanking," a brutal military occupation of Nanking, China, that began in December 1937, it is estimated that Japanese soldiers killed between 200,000 and 300,000 Chinese and raped between 20,000 and 80,000 women. In response to the atrocities, a group of western...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Vautrin, Minnie, 1886-1941
Otros Autores: Tsen, Shui-fang, 1875-1969, Hu, Hualing, Zhang, Lian-hong
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Chino
Publicado: Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Vautrin, Minnie, > 1886-1941 > Diaries.
Tsen, Shui-fang, > 1875-1969 > Diaries.
Tsen, Shui-fang, > 1875-1969
Vautrin, Minnie, > 1886-1941
Ginling College (Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China) > Officials and employees > Biography.
Ginling College (Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China)
1900-1999
Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937 > Personal narratives.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > China > Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)
Women missionaries > China > Diaries.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Personal narratives.
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 > Atrocities.
Massacre de Nankin, Nankin, Chine, 1937 > Récits personnels.
Guerre sino-japonaise, 1937-1945 > Chine > Nankin.
Femmes missionnaires > Chine > Journaux intimes.
Guerre sino-japonaise, 1937-1945 > Récits personnels.
Guerre sino-japonaise, 1937-1945 > Atrocités.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Atrocities
Employees
Women missionaries
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) > Biography.
Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) > History, Military > 20th century.
China
China > Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)
Biographies
Diaries
Military history
Personal narratives
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Biographical sketches : Minnie Vautrin and Tsen Shiu-Fang
  • A note on the two diaries
  • Juxtaposition--Excerpts from the two diaries, December 8, 1937, to March 1, 1938
  • Receiving refugees at Ginling College under intensifying bombardment
  • Japanese occupation of Nanking--soldiers' rampage, residents' terror
  • Observing holidays in a time of horror and the refugees' "goddess of mercy"
  • Registration of women and the return of American and European diplomats
  • Life and problems inside the Ginling camp
  • The Japanese demand to close refugee camps and Vautrin's defiance
  • Slowly restoring law and order, but soldiers keep searching for "Hwa Gu-Niang"
  • Aftermath
  • Appendix: Reports by Minnie Vautrin on the rape of Nanking from her correspondence
  • A review of the first month: December 13, 1937-January 13, 1938
  • As a refugee camp : January 14-March 31, 1938.

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