China's homeless generation
Subtitle: voices from the veterans of the Chinese Civil War, 1940s-1990s
By: Joshua Fan
Series: Routledge contemporary China series -- 62
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9780415582612; 9780203838723
Notes: "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Invisibility; title: Seeds of hostility; title: Legacy of Japanese rule; title: Retrocession and conflict; title: The February 28 incident; title: Lijia : leaving home, 1940s; title: Overview of the exodus; title: Entanglement with the military; title: Common experiences in the exodus; title: Different experiences in the exodus; title: Wujiakegui : homelessness, 1950s; title: The arrival; title: Marriage and the homeless generation; title: The KMT and the military personnel; title: Responses to homesickness; title: Chengjia : establishing home, 1960s-1970s; title: Compromise marriages; title: Life after military service; title: Jobs through VACRS; title: Jobs in the private sector; title: MDVs : from temporary refuge to home; title: Laobing and veterans' homes; title: Huijia : returning home, 1980s-1990s; title: Preparing for the return; title: Return by numbers; title: Characteristics of the return; title: The effects of the return; title: Appendix: ROC military ranking structure; title: Glossary.