Description |
1 online resource (xv, 182 pages) |
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Routledge contemporary China series ; 62 |
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Routledge contemporary China series ; 62.
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Contents |
Invisibility -- Seeds of hostility -- Legacy of Japanese rule -- Retrocession and conflict -- The February 28 incident -- Lijia : leaving home, 1940s -- Overview of the exodus -- Entanglement with the military -- Common experiences in the exodus -- Different experiences in the exodus -- Wujiakegui : homelessness, 1950s -- The arrival -- Marriage and the homeless generation -- The KMT and the military personnel -- Responses to homesickness -- Chengjia : establishing home, 1960s-1970s -- Compromise marriages -- Life after military service -- Jobs through VACRS -- Jobs in the private sector -- MDVs : from temporary refuge to home -- Laobing and veterans' homes -- Huijia : returning home, 1980s-1990s -- Preparing for the return -- Return by numbers -- Characteristics of the return -- The effects of the return -- Appendix: ROC military ranking structure -- Glossary |
Summary |
China's Homeless Generation is a study of nearly two million Chinese who were displaced from home in Mainland China to the island of Taiwan. A result of the Chinese civil war between the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), this massive migration began around 1948 and continued for more than a decade. The displacement officially lasted until November 1987, when they were legally allowed to return for the first time in nearly forty years. Collectively, referred to as the 'Homeless Generation', this unique study makes extensive use of these survivors' own voices |
Notes |
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
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Zhongguo guo min dang -- Biography
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SUBJECT |
Zhongguo guo min dang fast |
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Soldiers -- Taiwan -- Biography
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Veterans -- Taiwan -- Biography
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Refugees -- Taiwan -- Biography
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Homeless persons -- Taiwan -- Biography
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HISTORY -- Military -- Veterans.
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Emigration and immigration
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Homeless persons
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Refugees
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Soldiers
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Veterans
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China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949 -- Veterans
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China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949 -- Refugees
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China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949 -- Personal narratives.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024121
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China -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
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Taiwan -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century
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China
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Taiwan
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Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Personal narratives
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Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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Récits personnels.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780203838723 |
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0203838726 |
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9781136879630 |
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1136879633 |
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