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The Last of the Whampoa Breed. Stories of the Chinese Diaspora.
David Der-Wei . Ed(S): Chi Pang-Yuan; Wang
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Stories born of the trials and heartache of exile in Taiwan. Editor(s): Chi Pang-Yuan; Wang, David Der-Wei. Series: Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
Whampoa Military Academy was China's first modern military institution. For decades the "Spirit of Whampoa" was invoked as the highest praise to all Chinese soldiers who guarded their nation heroically. But of all the battles these soldiers have fought, the most challenging one was the civil war that resulted in the "great divide" of China in the mid-twentieth century. In 1949 the Communists exiled a million soldiers and their families to compounds in Taiwan and cut off communication with mainland China for forty years. The Last of the Whampoa Breed tells the stories of the exiles written by their descendants, ... Read more
Whampoa Military Academy was China's first modern military institution. For decades the "Spirit of Whampoa" was invoked as the highest praise to all Chinese soldiers who guarded their nation heroically. But of all the battles these soldiers have fought, the most challenging one was the civil war that resulted in the "great divide" of China in the mid-twentieth century. In 1949 the Communists exiled a million soldiers and their families to compounds in Taiwan and cut off communication with mainland China for forty years. The Last of the Whampoa Breed tells the stories of the exiles written by their descendants, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan
Number of Pages
288
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231130028
SKU
V9780231130028
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99-15
About David Der-Wei . Ed(S): Chi Pang-Yuan; Wang
Pang-yuan Chi is professor emeritus of English and comparative literature at National Taiwan University and editor-in-chief of Chinese Pen Quarterly. She is the editor of An Anthology of Contemporary Chinese Literature and Tears of a Thousand Years.David Der-Wei Wang is associate professor of East Asian languages and cultures at Columbia University. He is the author of Fictional Realism in Twentieth-Century ... Read more
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