The epic, untold story of China’s devastating eight-year war of resistance against Japan For decades, a major piece of World War II history has gone virtually unwritten. The war began in China, two years before Hitler invaded Poland, and China eventually became the fourth great ally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain. Yet its drama of invasion, r...(展开全部)

This is the first comprehensive study of popular culture in twentieth-century China, and of its political impact during the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 (known in China as 'The War of Resistance against Japan'). Chang-tai Hung shows in compelling detail how Chinese resisters used a variety of popular cultural forms - especially dramas, cartoons, and newspapers - to reach out ...(展开全部)

The war against japan in North china remained almost unknown to the outside world from 1938 to 1944.This book contains the only photographic record by a foreign observer who worked in the Chinese Communist organisation during this period.

The war against japan in North china remained almost unknown to the outside world from 1938 to 1944.This book contains the only photographic record by a foreign observer who worked in the Chinese Communist organisation during this period.

费正清、史景迁之后的西方“新生代中国通” 拉纳•米特，西方新一代中国抗战史研究权威，38岁即成为当时牛津大学最年轻的终身教授之一，现任现代中国政治与历史学教授。他在2007年创办的牛津大学中国抗日战争研究中心，2014年升格为牛津大学中国研究中心，成为西方汉学界的权威研究机构之一。 从2004年开始，他便辗转多国为本书查阅资料，耗时十年才最终完稿。本书一出版即引起西方世界极大反响，赢得《纽约时报》《华盛顿邮报》《泰晤士报》《金融时报》等多国媒体盛赞。

吴芳思（弗朗西丝 ? 伍德）曾在剑桥大学、北京大学以及伦敦大学学习过中文，并且作为大英图书馆中文典藏部主任直至2013年。她出版了众多关于中国的书籍，包括《蓝牌中国指南》《马可波罗到过中国吗？》《丝绸之路：亚洲中心的二千年》《紫禁城》《口岸往事：海外侨民在中国的迷梦与生活》和《禁止野餐：一战期间乱象中国的外交》。 克里斯托弗 ? 阿南德尔转入金融、咨询行业之前，在英、美都教授过古典文学。退休之后，他投入了编、写书籍的工作，作品包括讲述美国奥因银行（Orion Bank）和联合财团的《带上你的合作伙伴》（直译）、《国际化思维，本地化消费》，以及两本中英双语配图的谚语集，包括《空中楼阁》（和吴芳思合作撰写）。他还主编了《克劳福德勋爵的一战日记》（笔与剑出版社于 2014年出版）。

Japan in the Asia-Pacific War years is usually remembered for economic deprivation, political repression, and cultural barrenness. Benjamin Uchiyama argues that although the war created the opportunity for the state to expand its control over society and mass culture, it also fractured Japanese people's sense of identity, spilling out through a cultural framework which is best ...(展开全部)

Diana Lary, one of the foremost historians of the period, tells the tragic history of China's War of Resistance and its consequences from the perspective of those who went through it. Using archival evidence only recently made available, interviews with survivors, and extracts from literature, she creates a vivid and highly disturbing picture of the havoc created by the war, th...(展开全部)

The Chinese peoples' experience of war during the Second World War, as it is known in the West, was one of suffering and stoicism in the face of dreadful conditions. China's War of Resistance began in 1937 with the Japanese invasion and ended in 1945 after eight long years. Diana Lary, one of the foremost historians of the period, tells the tragic history of China's war and its...(展开全部)

At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. When China’s War of Resistance against Japan began in July 1937, it sparked an immediate health crisis throughout China. In the end, China not only survived the war but emerged from the...(展开全部)