In a Sea of Bitterness - Refugees During the Sino-Japanese War

The Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1937 led 30 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, Zhejiang, where the Japanese launched notorious campaigns. Zusammenfassung The Japanese invasion of Shanghai in 1937 led 30 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, Zhejiang, where the Japanese launched notorious campaigns.

Product details

• Authors: R. Keith Schoppa
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9780674059887
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05988-7
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Japan, China, Oral History, History, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Asia / China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Asian History, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Refugees and political asylum