Remembering China from Taiwan : divided families and bittersweet reunions after the Chinese Civil War / Mahlon Meyer.
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TextPublisher: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789882208971Subject(s): War and families -- China -- History -- 20th centuryLOC classification: DS777.542 | .M494 2012ebOnline resources: Click here to access online
| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Online | Gratia Christian College Library Internet | E-book | DS777.542 .M494 2012eb (Browse shelf) | Available | 8000455L |
When the Nationalists lost China in 1949, many of them left behind their families as they retreated to Taiwan. A half century later, through democratic elections, they lost control over Taiwan as well and began looking to a new and powerful China, where their relatives had grown rich, for a sense of identity and economic support, thus laying the groundwork for the growing integration between Taiwan and China. As exchanges across the Taiwan Strait increased, many separated families finally met after years of dreaming about each other in hope and in sorrow, through many eras and disasters. But their reunions were often painful and freshly transformative as new realities were encountered. This book draws on oral histories with several generations of Kuomintang loyalists in Taiwan and documents their struggles with family and friends nearby as well as distant relatives in the mainland.