Cold War island : Quemoy on the front line / Michael Szonyi.
نوع المادة : نصالناشر:Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008وصف:xv, 310 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780521898133
- 0521898137
- 9780521726405
- 0521726409
- DS799.9.C476 S966 2008
نوع المادة | المكتبة الحالية | رقم الطلب | رقم النسخة | حالة | تاريخ الإستحقاق | الباركود | |
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كتاب | UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DS799.9.C476 S966 2008 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30020000048046 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-301) and index.
Geopoliticization ascendent -- Militarization and geopoliticization change course -- Life in Cold War-time -- Demilitarization and postmilitarization.
"During the height of the Cold War in the 1950s, the small island of Quemoy or Jinmen in the Taiwan Strait was the front line in the military standoff between Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China and Mao Zedong's People's Republic. Local society and culture were dramatically transformed. Michael Szonyi uses oral history, official documents, and dissident writings to convey the history of the island during this period. In so doing, he sheds light on the social and cultural impact of the Cold War on those who lived through it, as well as on the relationship between China, Taiwan, and the United States at this critical moment. By analyzing the effects of Quemony's distinctive geopolitical situation on the economy, gender and the family, and citizenship and religion, the book provides a new perspective on the social history of the Cold War, showing how geopolitics can affect individual lives and communities"--Page [i].