Remembering China from Taiwan : divided families and bittersweet reunions after the Chinese Civil War /

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"At the close of the Chinese Civil War, two million Chinese fled from the victorious communist army under Mao Zedong. They fled across a long ocean strait to the island of Taiwan where they waited for almost fifty years, dreaming of their lost homes and relatives left behind, aging and living o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Meyer, Mahlon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2012.
©2012
Subjects:
1900-1999
War and families > China > History > 20th century.
Guerre et familles > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Refugees > Attitudes
Refugees > Family relationships
War and families
China > History > Civil War, 1945-1949 > Personal narratives.
China > History > Civil War, 1945-1949 > Refugees > Taiwan > Attitudes.
China > History > Civil War, 1945-1949 > Refugees > Family relationships > Taiwan.
Chine > Histoire > 1945-1949 (Guerre civile) > Réfugiés > Taiwan > Attitudes.
Chine > Histoire > 1945-1949 (Guerre civile) > Réfugiés > Relations familiales > Taiwan.
China
Taiwan
Electronic books.
Personal narratives
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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