| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 306 pages) : map. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Contemporary Chinese studies
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Contemporary Chinese studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface : Lisbon, Xuzhou, Auschwitz : suffering as history / Timothy Brook -- Introduction / James Flath and Norman Smith -- Society at war. Writing and remembering the battle against opiates in Manchukuo / Norman Smith ; War, schools, China, Hong Kong : 1937-1949 / Bernard Hung-kay Luk ; Bombs don't discriminate : class, gender, and ethnicity in the air-raid-shelter experiences of the wartime Chongqing population / Chang Jui-te ; Militarization and Jinmen (Quemoy) society, 1949-92 / Michael Szonyi -- Institutional engagement. The Blagoveshchensk Massacre of 1900 : Sino-Russian War and global imperialism / Victor Zatsepine ; Victims and victimizers : warlord soldiers and mutinies in Republican China / Edward A. McCord ; Turning bad iron into polished steel : Whampoa and the rehabilitation of the Chinese soldier / Colin Green ; Orphans in the family : family reform and children's citizenship during the Anti-Japanese War, 1937-45 / M. Colette Plum -- Memory and representation. Controlling soldiers : Memory scars of late Imperial China / Alexander Woodside ; Chinese savages and Chinese saints : Russians and Chinese remember and forget the Boxer Uprising in 1920s China / Blaine Chiasson ; Setting moon and rising nationalism : Lugou Bridge at monument and memory / James Flath ; War and remembering : memories of China at war / Diana Lary. |
| Summary |
This collection moves beyond the geopolitical sphere to examine the multiple fronts - personal, social, and institutional - on which wars in modern China have been fought, experienced, and remembered. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Glossary in English and Chinese. |
| Subject |
China -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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China. |
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History, Military. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
China -- History, Military -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
War and society -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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War and society. |
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History. |
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War and society -- China -- History -- 19th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Military history.
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| Added Author |
Flath, James A.
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Smith, Norman (Associate Professor)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Beyond suffering. Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2011 9780774819558 (DLC) 2011381829 (OCoLC)682257988 |
| ISBN |
9780774819558 (electronic book) |
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0774819553 (electronic book) |
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9780774819572 (electronic book) |
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077481957X (electronic book) |
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1283245531 |
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9781283245531 |
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9780774819565 (paperback) |
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9780774819589 (epub) |
| Standard No. |
9786613245533 |
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