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Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Asia From the Taiping Rebellion to the Vietnam War
Stewart Lone
Book Code: GR3684
ISBN: 0-313-33684-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33684-3
280 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 1/30/2007
List Price: $65.00 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)
Discount Price: $58.50 Greenwood Press Fall 2008 Backlist Sale. Use code 0826. Save 10%. Ends 12/31/2008.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • The first chapter in this history collection describes changes in Chinese practice imposed by the Taipings in 1853 while the last chapter characterizes the opportunities and culture available to both rural and urban dwellers in South Vietnam between 1965 and 1975. In between, academic contributors revisit the social and economic variations experienced by civilians during the Philippine Revolution, the Wars of Meiji Japan, WW II Japan and Indonesia, and the Korean War. Black and white drawings and photographs are provided.
    —Reference & Research Book News     May 2007
Description: This volume begins with R.G. Tiedemann's account of life in China in the mid-nineteenth century, during the Taiping and Nian Rebellions. Tiedemann examines social practices imposed on the civilians by the Taiping, life in the cities and country, women, and the militarization of society. Bernardita Reyes Churchill examines how civilians in the Philippines struggled for freedom under the imperial reign Spain and the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. Stewart Lone looks at how Meiji Japan's wars on the Asian continent affected the lives and routines of men, women, and children, urban and rural. He also explains how the media played a role during the wars, as well as how people were able to spend leisure time and even make wartime humor. Di Wang uses the public space of the teahouse and its culture as a microcosm of daily life in China during tumultuous years of civil and world war, 1937-1949. Simon Partner explores Japanese daily life during World War II, investigating youth culture, the ways people came together, and how the government took control of their lives by rationing food, clothing, and other resources. Shigeru Sato continues by examining the harshness of life in Indonesia during World War II and its aftermath. Korean life from 1950-1953 is looked at by Andrei Lankov, who takes a look at the heart-rending lives of refugees. Finally, Lone surveys life in South Vietnam from 1965-1975, from school children to youth protests to how propaganda affected civilians. This volume offers students and general readers a glimpse into the lives of those often forgotten.
LC Card Number: 2006030405
LCC Class: DS34
Dewey Class: 950
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