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02676aam a2200457 a 4500 001 6BF5E348E99711E08F1A6CDA6AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20110928010149 008 100520s2011 enk b 001 0deng 010 $a 2010020892 020 $a 0203838726 (ebook) 020 $a 9780203838723 (ebook) 020 $a 041558261X (hardcover) 020 $a 9780415582612 (hardcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)636563716 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d UKM $d YDXCP $d BWX $d CDX $d SILO 043 $a a-ch--- $a a-ch--- 050 00 $a DS777.542 $b .F36 2011 082 00 $a 305.9/0697092251 $2 22 100 1 $a Fan, Joshua. 245 1 $a China's homeless generation : $b voices from the veterans of the Chinese Civil War, 1940s-1990s / $c Joshua Fan. 260 $a Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; $b Routledge, $c 2011. 300 $a xv, 182 p. ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Routledge contemporary China series ; $v 62 500 $a "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 651 0 $a China $x Veterans. $y Civil War, 1945-1949 $x Veterans. 651 0 $a China $x Refugees. $y Civil War, 1945-1949 $x Refugees. 651 0 $a China $x History $y Civil War, 1945-1949 $v Personal narratives. 610 20 $a Zhongguo guo min dang $v Biography. 650 0 $a Soldiers $z Taiwan $v Biography. 650 0 $a Veterans $z Taiwan $v Biography. 650 0 $a Refugees $z Taiwan $v Biography. 650 0 $a Homeless persons $z Taiwan $v Biography. 650 0 $a China $x History $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Taiwan $x History $x History $y 20th century. 830 0 $a Routledge contemporary China series ; $v 62. 941 $a 1 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20130503011930.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6BF5E348E99711E08F1A6CDA6AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search