Wuhan, 1938

War, Refugees, and the Making of Modern China

Stephen R. MacKinnon

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Year: 2008
• Print ISBN:
  9780520254459
• eBook ISBN:
  9780520934603
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Histoire
• Subtopic: Histoire de l'Asie

During the spring of 1938, a flood of Chinese refugees displaced by the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) converged on the central Yangzi valley tricity complex of Wuhan. For ten remarkable months, in a highly charged atmosphere of carnage, heroism, and desperation, Wuhan held out against the Japanese in what would become a turning point in the war—and one that attracted international attention. Stephen MacKinnon for the first time tells the full story of Wuhan's defense and fall, and how the siege's aftermath led to new directions in the history of modern Chinese culture, society, and politics.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• List of Illustrations
• List of Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Prologue
• 1. WUHAN BEFORE THE WAR
• 2. DEFENDING CENTRAL CHINA, 1938: MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY
• 3. THE BATTLE FOR XUZHOU AND THE DEFENSE OF WUHAN
• 4. WUHAN’S REFUGEE CRISIS
• 5. CULTURE AND THE PRESS
• 6. MOBILIZING YOUTH
• 7. ROMANTIC HANKOU: THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION
• Conclusion
• Appendix: Wartime Wuhan, a Chronology
• Notes
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index