An edition of China's homeless generation
(2010)
China's homeless generation
voices from the veterans of the Chinese Civil War, 1940s-1990s
by Joshua Fan
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Refugees, Homeless persons, Zhongguo guo min dang, China, Emigration and immigration, Soldiers, Personal narratives, Veterans, Taiwan, Biography, History, Taiwan, biography, China, emigration and immigration, China, history, civil war, 1945-1949, Refugees, asia, Asia, emigration and immigration, Histoire, Anciens combattants, Réfugiés, Biographies, Sans-abri, HISTORY, MilitaryTimes
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Table of Contents
Invisibility
Seeds of hostility
Legacy of Japanese rule
Retrocession and conflict
The February 28 incident
Lijia : leaving home, 1940s
Overview of the exodus
Entanglement with the military
Common experiences in the exodus
Different experiences in the exodus
Wujiakegui : homelessness, 1950s
The arrival
Marriage and the homeless generation
The KMT and the military personnel
Responses to homesickness
Chengjia : establishing home, 1960s-1970s
Compromise marriages
Life after military service
Jobs through VACRS
Jobs in the private sector
MDVs : from temporary refuge to home
Laobing and veterans' homes
Huijia : returning home, 1980s-1990s
Preparing for the return
Return by numbers
Characteristics of the return
The effects of the return
Appendix: ROC military ranking structure
Glossary.
Edition Notes
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references.
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