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

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008.Description: xiv, 182 p., [24] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780520254459 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520254457 (cloth : alk. paper)
Other title:
  • War, refugees, and the making of modern China
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951.04/2 22
  • 951.2
LOC classification:
  • DS777.5316.W8 M33 2008
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 the spring of 1938, a flood of Chinese refugees displaced by the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) converged on the central Yangzi valley tricity complex of Wuhan. For ten remarkable months, in a highly charged atmosphere of carnage, heroism, and desperation, Wuhan held out against the Japanese in what would become a turning point in the war - and one that attracted international attention. Stephen MacKinnon for the first time 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 politics."--Jacket.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks DS777.5316.W8 M33 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available "A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--P. facing t.p. TBC00006021

"A Philip E. Lilienthal book"--P. facing t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-168) and index.

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.

"During the spring of 1938, a flood of Chinese refugees displaced by the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) converged on the central Yangzi valley tricity complex of Wuhan. For ten remarkable months, in a highly charged atmosphere of carnage, heroism, and desperation, Wuhan held out against the Japanese in what would become a turning point in the war - and one that attracted international attention. Stephen MacKinnon for the first time 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 politics."--Jacket.

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