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Reduced to a Symbolical Scale: The Evacuation of British Women and Children from Hong Kong to Australia in 1940

作者 Tony Banham
出版社 三民書局股份有限公司
商品描述 Reduced to a Symbolical Scale: The Evacuation of British Women and Children from Hong Kong to Australia in 1940:InJuly1940,thewivesandchildrenofBritishfamilies

內容簡介

內容簡介 In July 1940, the wives and children of British families in Hong Kong, military and civilian, were compulsorily evacuated, following a plan created by the Hong Kong government in 1939. That plan focused exclusively on the process of evacuation itself, but issues concerning how the women and children should settle in the new country, communication with abandoned husbands, and reuniting families after the war were not considered. In practice, few would ever be addressed. When evacuation came, 3,500 people would simply be dumped in Australia. The experience of the evacuees can be seen as a three-act drama delivery to Australia creates tension, five years of war and uncertainty intensify it, and resolution comes as war ends. However, that drama, unlike the evacuation plan, did not develop in a vacuum but was embedded in a complex historical, political, and social environment. Based on archival research of official documents, letters and memoirs, and interviews and discussions with more than one hundred evacuees and their families, this book studies the evacuation within that entire context.

商品規格

書名 / Reduced to a Symbolical Scale: The Evacuation of British Women and Children from Hong Kong to Australia in 1940
作者 / Tony Banham
簡介 / Reduced to a Symbolical Scale: The Evacuation of British Women and Children from Hong Kong to Australia in 1940:InJuly1940,thewivesandchildrenofBritishfamilies
出版社 / 三民書局股份有限公司
ISBN13 / 9789888390878
ISBN10 / 9888390872
EAN / 9789888390878
誠品26碼 / 2681526218001
頁數 / 191
開數 / 18K
注音版 /
裝訂 / H:精裝
語言 / 3:英文
級別 / N:無