China's homeless generation : voices from the veterans of the Chinese Civil War, 1940s-1990s / Joshua Fan.

"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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