The Chinese people at war : human suffering and social transformation, 1937-1945 / Diana Lary.

"The Chinese peoples' experience of war during the Second World War, as it is known in the West, was one of suffering and stoicism in the face of dreadful conditions. China's War of Resistance began in 1937 with the Japanese invasion and ended in 1945 after eight long years. Diana Lar...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lary, Diana
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Series:New approaches to Asian history.
Subjects:

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 b6655231
003 CoU
005 20110607000407.0
008 100409s2010 nyuab b 001 0 eng
010 |a 2010015143 
019 |a 606216053 
020 |a 9780521195065 (hardback) 
020 |a 0521195063 (hardback) 
020 |a 9780521144100 (pbk.) 
020 |a 0521144108 (pbk.) 
035 |a (OCoLC)ocn567162605 
035 |a (OCoLC)567162605 
040 |a DLC  |c DLC  |d YDX  |d BTCTA  |d YDXCP  |d CDX 
043 |a a-cc--- 
049 |a CODA 
050 0 0 |a HN733  |b .L37 2010 
100 1 |a Lary, Diana.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84165794  |1 http://isni.org/isni/0000000121231658. 
245 1 4 |a The Chinese people at war :  |b human suffering and social transformation, 1937-1945 /  |c Diana Lary. 
260 |a New York :  |b Cambridge University Press,  |c 2010. 
300 |a xiv, 231 pages :  |b illustrations, maps ;  |c 24 cm. 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent. 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia. 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier. 
490 1 |a New approaches to Asian history. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 8 |a Machine generated contents note: Introduction: the human cost of a war; 1. The high tide of war, 1937; 2. Defeat and retreat, 1938; 3. Stalemate and transformation, 1939-1941; 4. Grim years, 1942-1944; 5. Turning points, 1944-1945; 6. The immediate aftermath of the war, 1945-1946; Conclusion. 
520 |a "The Chinese peoples' experience of war during the Second World War, as it is known in the West, was one of suffering and stoicism in the face of dreadful conditions. China's War of Resistance began in 1937 with the Japanese invasion and ended in 1945 after eight long years. Diana Lary, one of the foremost historians of the period, tells the tragic history of China's war and its consequences from the perspective of those who went through it. Using archival evidence only recently made available, interviews with survivors, and extracts from literature, she creates a vivid and highly disturbing picture of the havoc created by the war, the destruction of towns and villages, the displacement of peoples, and the accompanying economic and social disintegration. Her focus is on families torn apart, men, women, and children left homeless and struck down by disease and famine. It is also a story of courage and survival. By 1945, the fabric of China's society had been utterly transformed, and entirely new social categories had emerged. As the author suggests in a new interpretation of modern Chinese history, far from stemming the spread of communism from the USSR, which was the Japanese pretext for invasion, the horrors of the war, and the damage it created, nurtured the Chinese Communist Party and helped it to win power in 1949"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
651 0 |a China  |x Social conditions  |y 1912-1949.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024183. 
650 0 |a Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945  |x Social aspects. 
651 0 |a China  |x History  |y 1937-1945.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024118. 
830 0 |a New approaches to Asian history.  |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006118174. 
907 |a .b6655231x  |b 10-19-22  |c 06-07-11 
998 |a nor  |b 06-17-11  |c x  |d m   |e -  |f eng  |g nyu  |h 4  |i 1 
907 |a .b6655231x  |b 08-23-18  |c 06-07-11 
944 |a MARS - RDA ENRICHED 
907 |a .b6655231x  |b 07-05-11  |c 06-07-11 
907 |a .b6655231x  |b 06-17-11  |c 06-07-11 
999 f f |i 62a5ce69-287c-5e18-a60f-9896322944bf  |s bef051c1-9acf-559a-b633-77577e31f34e 
952 f f |p Course Reserves 4 Hours  |a University of Colorado Boulder  |b Boulder Campus  |c Norlin  |d Norlin Library - Reserves 4 Hour  |e HN733 .L37 2010  |h Library of Congress classification  |i book  |m U183050629545  |n 1