| Description |
1 online resource (478 pages). |
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| Series |
State & Society in East Asia
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State & Society in East Asia.
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| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. To the City or Bust: Veterans and the Quest for Urban Citizenship; Chapter 3. The Complications of Veteran Identities; Chapter 4. The Job Front; Chapter 5. Stuck in the State's Cement and Falling Through Its Cracks: Veterans in Policy and Bureaucracy; Chapter 6. Vulnerable Heroes: Veterans' Health, Family, and Sexuality in Chinese Politics; Chapter 7. Between Glory and Welfare: Military Families, the State, and Community. |
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Chapter 8. Salt in the Wounds: Veterans in the Reform Era, 1978-2007Chapter 9. Conclusion: Walter Reed, Iraq, and China; Appendix A.A Brief Survey of Archival Materials in China; Appendix B. Selected Character List; Appendix C. Source Materials; Index; About the Author. |
| Summary |
This groundbreaking book offers the first in-depth, large-scale study of People's Liberation Army veterans and military families. Neil Diamant's penetrating examination of the treatment of PLA veterans in China opens a distinctive window onto Chinese patriotism, citizenship, and legitimacy. Using recently declassified archival documents and employing a comparative perspective, the book provides an unprecedented look at the 'everyday interactions' among veterans, military families, state officials, and ordinary citizens as they attempted to secure urban residence, jobs, spouses, medical care, a. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Veterans -- China -- Social conditions.
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Veterans. |
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China. |
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Social conditions. |
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Veterans -- Political activity -- China -- History.
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Veterans -- Political activity. |
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History. |
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Families of military personnel -- China -- Social conditions.
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Families of military personnel. |
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Patriotism -- Political aspects -- China -- History.
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Patriotism -- Political aspects. |
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Patriotism. |
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China -- Social conditions -- 1949-
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| Chronological Term |
1949- |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Diamant, Neil J. Embattled Glory : Veterans, Military Families, and the Politics of Patriotism in China, 1949-2007. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, ©2010 9780742557673 |
| ISBN |
9780742557680 |
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0742557685 |
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9780742557666 |
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0742557669 |
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9780742557673 |
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0742557677 |
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9780742557673 |
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