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China's Civil War: A Social History, 1945–1949 de Diana Lary

China's Civil War: A Social History, 1945–1949: New Approaches to Asian History

Autor Diana Lary
en Limba Engleză Paperback – mar 2015
China's Civil War is the first book of its kind to offer a social history in English of the Civil War in 1945–9 that brought the Chinese Communist Party to power. Integrating history and memory, it surveys a period of intense upheaval and chaos to show how the Communist Party and its armies succeeded in overthrowing the Nationalist government to bring political and social revolution to China. Drawing from a collection of biographies, memoirs, illustrations and oral histories, Diana Lary gives a voice to those who experienced the war first-hand, exemplifying the direct effects of warfare - the separations and divisions, the exiles and losses, and the social upheaval that resulted from the conflict. Lary explores the long-term impact on Chinese societies on the Mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong, which have all diverged far from pre-war Chinese society.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107678262
ISBN-10: 1107678269
Pagini: 293
Ilustrații: illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 226 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria New Approaches to Asian History

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Introduction; 1. The social background to the Civil War; 2. Ending one war, beginning another: August 1945–June 1946; 3. Turning points: July 1946–June 1947; 4. All-out war: July 1947–June 1948; 5. Nearing the end: July 1948–January 1949; 6. The end game: February to December, 1949; 7. The immediate outcome: the early 1950s; 8. Social outcomes of the Civil War; Conclusion; Index.

Recenzii

'Professor Lary has analysed in depth the social forces that prepared for the CCP's victory. She writes with deep compassion for the Chinese people who have gone through the greatest social upheaval in their history. A huge contribution to the understanding of China's Civil War.' Pai Hsien-Yung, author of Taipei People
'The Chinese Civil War of 1946–9 devastated China and brought in a powerful new regime. Yet there has been little attention to the social history of the conflict. Diana Lary's superb new book fills that gap. In compelling and often moving prose she moves from the military to the social aspects of the war, taking us from the generals' decision rooms to the streets packed with refugees. This is a much-needed book that chronicles one of the century's most important wars.' Rana Mitter, Director, University of Oxford China Centre
'What Diana Lary has achieved is a tour de force, a wonderful telling of the tumultuous social history of the Chinese Civil War through personal anecdotes and stories of individual and family experiences. Expertly crafted, the book fills a huge hole in our understanding of the Chinese civil war and its subsequent impact on the social history of the PRC.' Stephen R. MacKinnon, Arizona State University
'Lary synthesizes a wealth of diverse sources to piece together a detailed and gripping account of the last years of the Chinese civil war, which was fought between Guomindang (GMD, Nationalist) and Communist (CCP) forces … [Her] excellent monograph, her third in Cambridge's New Approaches to Asian History series, focuses on the daily experiences of Chinese from different strata of society. Her colorful writing keeps readers engaged, even though the subject is one of ultimate tragedy … Lary gives equal treatment to CCP and GMD soldiers and supporters as well as those in between, and she ends each chapter with a short section of biographies that allows readers to connect her macro story with individual experiences. She also juxtaposes the mid-twentieth-century civil war with comparable occasions from China's past by including excerpts from famous historical poems and idioms … a fine addition to any general collection. Summing up: highly recommended.' P. B. Guingona, Choice
'China's Civil War is a thoughtful and well-composed volume that breaks the mould of telling military history by placing valuable insight on the social dimensions of civil strife. Diana Lary's interweaving of accounts of the war with people's lives illustrates the conflict's pervasiveness across several social strata in Chinese society, reminding us that countless numbers of everyday Chinese endured significant hardship in wartime, and even thereafter, in both Chinas, many more still seek to sew the broken pieces of their lives back together.' Matt Galway, Pacific Affairs Book Review
'This is the first comprehensive book to offer an invaluable review on the social history of China during the period of Chinese inconsistency and chaos. The author, through a detailed sociological approach, has successfully identified social forces that finally won the civil war for the leadership of China's Communist Party … This book is then one of the best studies addressing China's civil war; its reading is therefore recommended to specialists in Chinese studies and sinologists.' Ghasem Torabi, Europe-Asia Studies

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A new social history of China's Civil War, 1945–9, which brought dramatic political and social revolution to China.