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Scars of War: The Impact of Warfare on Modern China
Diana Lary (Ed.)
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Description for Scars of War: The Impact of Warfare on Modern China
Hardback. A forceful look at the long-term social and psychological impact of warfare on modern China's civilian population. Editor(s): Lary, Diana; MacKinnon, Stephen R. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLW; HBTB; JMH; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Throughout its modern history China has suffered from immensedestruction and loss of life from warfare. In its worst periods ofwarfare, the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War (1937-45), millionsof civilians lost their lives. For China, the story of modernwar-related death and suffering has remained hidden. The Rape ofNanking is beginning to be known, but hundreds of other massacres arestill unrecognized by the outside world and even by China itself. Thefocus of The Scars of War is the social and psychological, not theeconomic, costs of war on the country. The book is illustrated withcontemporary photographs and woodblock prints. Each chapter isintroduced ... Read more
Throughout its modern history China has suffered from immensedestruction and loss of life from warfare. In its worst periods ofwarfare, the eight years of the Anti-Japanese War (1937-45), millionsof civilians lost their lives. For China, the story of modernwar-related death and suffering has remained hidden. The Rape ofNanking is beginning to be known, but hundreds of other massacres arestill unrecognized by the outside world and even by China itself. Thefocus of The Scars of War is the social and psychological, not theeconomic, costs of war on the country. The book is illustrated withcontemporary photographs and woodblock prints. Each chapter isintroduced ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary Chinese Studies
Number of Pages
222
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774808408
SKU
V9780774808408
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About Diana Lary (Ed.)
Diana Lary is a professor of history, affiliated withthe Center for Chinese Research, at the University of British Columbia.Stephen MacKinnon is a professor of history at ArizonaState University.
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