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Author Meyer-Fong, Tobie S. (Tobie Sarah)

Title What remains : coming to terms with civil war in 19th century China / Tobie Meyer-Fong
Published Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 316 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents War -- Words -- Marked bodies -- Bones and flesh -- Wood and ink -- Loss -- Endings
Summary The Taiping Rebellion was one of the costliest civil wars in human history. Tens of millions of people lost their lives, as Chinese rebels, imperial armies, and local militias clashed across the Yangzi Delta. Yet while the Rebellion has been intensely studied, little is known of how individuals coped with these cataclysmic events. Drawing upon a rich array of primary sources, this study explores the issues that preoccupied Chinese and Western survivors. Individuals, families, and communities grappled with fundamental questions of loyalty and loss as they struggled to rebuild shattered cities, bury the dead, and make sense of the horrors that they had witnessed
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Collective memory -- China -- History
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
HISTORY / Asia / China
Atrocities
Battle casualties
Collective memory
SUBJECT China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 -- Casualties
China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864 -- Atrocities
Subject China
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012035274
ISBN 9780804785594
0804785597
080475425X
9780804754255