ISBN:
9780415582612
,
9780203838723
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 182 p
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary China series 62
Series Statement:
Routledge contemporary China series
DDC:
305.9/0697092251
Keywords:
Zhongguo guo min dang Biography
;
Soldiers Biography
;
Veterans Biography
;
Refugees Biography
;
Homeless persons Biography
;
Taiwan Emigration and immigration 20th century
;
History
;
China History Civil War, 1945-1949
;
Veterans
;
China History Civil War, 1945-1949
;
Refugees
;
China Emigration and immigration 20th century
;
History
;
China Personal narratives History Civil War, 1945-1949
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
InvisibilitySeeds 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.
Description / Table of 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.
Note:
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso
,
Includes bibliographical references
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