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Author MacKinnon, Stephen R.

Title Wuhan, 1938 : war, refugees, and the making of modern China / Stephen R. MacKinnon ; includes photographs by Robert Capa.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 182 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome.
Description data file
Note "A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--P. facing t.p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-168) and index.
Contents Wuhan before the war -- Defending central China, 1938: military leadership and strategy -- The battle for Xuzhou and the defense of Wuhan -- Wuhan's refugee crisis -- Culture and the press -- Mobilizing youth -- Romantic Hankou: the international dimension.
Summary During 1938, a flood of Chinese refugees displaced by the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) converged on the central Yangzi valley tricity complex of Wuhan. This text tells the full story of Wuhan's defense and fall, and how the siege's aftermath led to new directions in the history of modern Chinese culture society, and politis.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 -- China -- Wuhan Shi.
Wuhan Shi (China) -- History -- 20th century.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
HISTORY -- Asia -- General.
China -- Wuhan Shi.
Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Capa, Robert, 1913-1954.
Added Title War, refugees, and the making of modern China
Other Form: Print version: Wuhan, 1938 Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008. 9780520254459 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2008002078
ISBN 9780520934603 ebook
0520934601
9780520254459 cloth alkaline paper
0520254457 cloth alkaline paper
128235941X
9781282359413
9786612359415
6612359412