In a Sea of Bitterness : : Refugees during the Sino-Japanese War / / R. Keith Schoppa.

The Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1937 led some thirty million Chinese to flee their homes in terror, and live-in the words of artist and writer Feng Zikai-"in a sea of bitterness" as refugees. Keith Schoppa paints a comprehensive picture of the refugee experience in one province-Zhejia...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 12 maps, 6 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Thousand-Person Pit
  • ONE. A World Where Ghosts Wailed
  • TWO. Confronting the Refugee Crisis
  • THREE. Veering into the Ravine
  • FOUR. Days of Suffering
  • FIVE. The Kidnapping of Chinese Civilians
  • SIX. Government on the Move
  • SEVEN. Playing Hide-and-Seek with the Enemy
  • EIGHT. Guerrilla Education
  • NINE. Wartime Business
  • TEN. Scorched Earth
  • ELEVEN. Trading and Smuggling
  • TWELVE. Bubonic Bombs
  • Conclusion: Remaking Homes
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index