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The Resource Last boat out of Shanghai : the epic story of the Chinese who fled Mao's revolution, Helen Zia, (electronic resource)
Last boat out of Shanghai : the epic story of the Chinese who fled Mao's revolution, Helen Zia, (electronic resource)
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The item Last boat out of Shanghai : the epic story of the Chinese who fled Mao's revolution, Helen Zia, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item Last boat out of Shanghai : the epic story of the Chinese who fled Mao's revolution, Helen Zia, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
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- Summary
- "The dramatic, real-life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist Revolution--a precursor to the struggles faced by emigrants today. Shanghai has historically been China's jewel, its richest, most modern and westernized city. The bustling metropolis was home to sophisticated intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and a thriving middle class when Mao's proletarian revolution emerged victorious from the long civil war. Terrified of the horrors the Communists would wreak upon their lives, citizens of Shanghai who could afford to fled in every direction. Seventy years later, the last generation to fully recall this massive exodus have opened the story to Chinese American journalist Helen Zia, who interviewed hundreds of exiles about their journey through one of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century. From these moving accounts, Zia weaves the story of four young Shanghai residents who wrestled with the decision to abandon everything for an uncertain life as refugees in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the U.S. Young Benny, who as a teenager became the unwilling heir to his father's dark wartime legacy, must choose between escaping Hong Kong or navigating the intricacies of a newly Communist China. The resolute Annuo, forced to flee her home with her father, a defeated Nationalist official, becomes an unwelcome young exile in Taiwan. The financially strapped Ho fights deportation in order to continue his studies in the U.S. while his family struggles at home. And Bing, given away by her poor parents, faces the prospect of a new life among strangers in America" --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxix, 499 pages)
- Contents
-
- 3
- 30
- Benny; Age 29; Nanjing, 1957
- p. 405
- Bing; Age 8; Outside Suzhou, Late 1937
- p. 41
- 4
- Annuo; Age 2; Shanghai, 1937
- p. 59
- Part 2
- Childhood Under Siege
- p. 75
- 5
- Part 1
- Benny; Age 11; Shanghai, 1939
- p. 77
- 6
- Bing; Age 10; Shanghai, Late 1939
- p. 94
- 7
- Annuo; Age 6; Shanghai, 1941
- p. 106
- 8
- Benny; Age 14; Shanghai, Autumn 1942
- Drumbeat of War
- p. 120
- 9
- Bing; Age 13; Shanghai, 1942
- p. 129
- 10
- Annuo; Age 8; Shanghai, 1943
- p. 141
- 11
- Benny; Age 16; Shanghai, 1944
- p. 155
- 1
- 12
- Ho; Age 21; Shanghai, 1945
- p. 164
- 13
- Bing; Age 16; Suzhou, 1945
- p. 178
- 14
- Ho; Age 23; Shanghai, 1947
- p. 189
- Part 3
- Benny; Age 9; Shanghai, August 14, 1937
- Exodus
- p. 195
- 15
- Benny; Age 20; Shanghai, Late 1948
- p. 197
- 16
- Annuo; Age 13; Hangzhou, Late I948
- p. 212
- 17
- Bing; Age 19; Shanghai, Late Summer 1948
- p. 3
- p. 226
- 18
- Ho; Age 23; Ann Arbor, June 1948
- p. 242
- 19
- Benny; Age 21; Shanghai, May 1949
- p. 265
- Part 4
- War's Long Shadow
- p. 277
- 2
- 20
- Ho; Age 25; New York, 1949
- p. 279
- 21
- Annuo; Age 14; Taiwan, Early Spring 1949
- p. 293
- 22
- Bing; Age 20; San Francisco, 1949
- p. 310
- 23
- Ho; Age 13; Shanghai, 1937
- Doreen And Benny; Ages 19 And 22; Guangzhou And Nanjing, 1950
- p. 327
- 24
- Annuo; Age 15; Taipei, 1950
- p. 342
- 25
- Ho; Age 26; New York, 1950
- p. 351
- 26
- Bing; Age 21; New York, 1950
- p. 25
- p. 362
- 27
- Benny; Age 23; Nanjing, 1951
- p. 377
- 28
- Doreen; Age 20; Hong Kong, 1951
- p. 387
- 29
- Annabel Annuo; Age 22; Taipei, 1957
- p. 398
- Isbn
- 9780525618867
- Label
- Last boat out of Shanghai : the epic story of the Chinese who fled Mao's revolution
- Title
- Last boat out of Shanghai
- Title remainder
- the epic story of the Chinese who fled Mao's revolution
- Statement of responsibility
- Helen Zia
- Subject
-
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949 -- Refugees
- China -- Shanghai
- Chinese -- Foreign countries
- Chinese -- Foreign countries -- History -- 20th century
- Civil War (China : 1945-1949)
- Electronic books
- Emigration and immigration
- China
- History
- Political refugees
- Political refugees -- China -- History -- 20th century
- Refugees
- Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / Asia / China
- China -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The dramatic, real-life stories of four young people caught up in the mass exodus of Shanghai in the wake of China's 1949 Communist Revolution--a precursor to the struggles faced by emigrants today. Shanghai has historically been China's jewel, its richest, most modern and westernized city. The bustling metropolis was home to sophisticated intellectuals, entrepreneurs, and a thriving middle class when Mao's proletarian revolution emerged victorious from the long civil war. Terrified of the horrors the Communists would wreak upon their lives, citizens of Shanghai who could afford to fled in every direction. Seventy years later, the last generation to fully recall this massive exodus have opened the story to Chinese American journalist Helen Zia, who interviewed hundreds of exiles about their journey through one of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century. From these moving accounts, Zia weaves the story of four young Shanghai residents who wrestled with the decision to abandon everything for an uncertain life as refugees in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the U.S. Young Benny, who as a teenager became the unwilling heir to his father's dark wartime legacy, must choose between escaping Hong Kong or navigating the intricacies of a newly Communist China. The resolute Annuo, forced to flee her home with her father, a defeated Nationalist official, becomes an unwelcome young exile in Taiwan. The financially strapped Ho fights deportation in order to continue his studies in the U.S. while his family struggles at home. And Bing, given away by her poor parents, faces the prospect of a new life among strangers in America" --
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Zia, Helen
- Dewey number
- 951.04/2
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS777.542
- LC item number
- .Z53 2019eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Civil War (China : 1945-1949)
- Political refugees
- Chinese
- Chinese
- Emigration and immigration
- Political refugees
- Refugees
- HISTORY / Asia / China
- China
- China
- Shanghai (China)
- China
- China
- Label
- Last boat out of Shanghai : the epic story of the Chinese who fled Mao's revolution, Helen Zia, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-476) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 3
- 30
- Benny; Age 29; Nanjing, 1957
- p. 405
- Bing; Age 8; Outside Suzhou, Late 1937
- p. 41
- 4
- Annuo; Age 2; Shanghai, 1937
- p. 59
- Part 2
- Childhood Under Siege
- p. 75
- 5
- Part 1
- Benny; Age 11; Shanghai, 1939
- p. 77
- 6
- Bing; Age 10; Shanghai, Late 1939
- p. 94
- 7
- Annuo; Age 6; Shanghai, 1941
- p. 106
- 8
- Benny; Age 14; Shanghai, Autumn 1942
- Drumbeat of War
- p. 120
- 9
- Bing; Age 13; Shanghai, 1942
- p. 129
- 10
- Annuo; Age 8; Shanghai, 1943
- p. 141
- 11
- Benny; Age 16; Shanghai, 1944
- p. 155
- 1
- 12
- Ho; Age 21; Shanghai, 1945
- p. 164
- 13
- Bing; Age 16; Suzhou, 1945
- p. 178
- 14
- Ho; Age 23; Shanghai, 1947
- p. 189
- Part 3
- Benny; Age 9; Shanghai, August 14, 1937
- Exodus
- p. 195
- 15
- Benny; Age 20; Shanghai, Late 1948
- p. 197
- 16
- Annuo; Age 13; Hangzhou, Late I948
- p. 212
- 17
- Bing; Age 19; Shanghai, Late Summer 1948
- p. 3
- p. 226
- 18
- Ho; Age 23; Ann Arbor, June 1948
- p. 242
- 19
- Benny; Age 21; Shanghai, May 1949
- p. 265
- Part 4
- War's Long Shadow
- p. 277
- 2
- 20
- Ho; Age 25; New York, 1949
- p. 279
- 21
- Annuo; Age 14; Taiwan, Early Spring 1949
- p. 293
- 22
- Bing; Age 20; San Francisco, 1949
- p. 310
- 23
- Ho; Age 13; Shanghai, 1937
- Doreen And Benny; Ages 19 And 22; Guangzhou And Nanjing, 1950
- p. 327
- 24
- Annuo; Age 15; Taipei, 1950
- p. 342
- 25
- Ho; Age 26; New York, 1950
- p. 351
- 26
- Bing; Age 21; New York, 1950
- p. 25
- p. 362
- 27
- Benny; Age 23; Nanjing, 1951
- p. 377
- 28
- Doreen; Age 20; Hong Kong, 1951
- p. 387
- 29
- Annabel Annuo; Age 22; Taipei, 1957
- p. 398
- Control code
- on1083266029
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxix, 499 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780525618867
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 8B1FE895-254D-4F84-A06E-C7A9A64AD146
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o1083266029
- (OCoLC)1083266029
- Label
- Last boat out of Shanghai : the epic story of the Chinese who fled Mao's revolution, Helen Zia, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-476) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 3
- 30
- Benny; Age 29; Nanjing, 1957
- p. 405
- Bing; Age 8; Outside Suzhou, Late 1937
- p. 41
- 4
- Annuo; Age 2; Shanghai, 1937
- p. 59
- Part 2
- Childhood Under Siege
- p. 75
- 5
- Part 1
- Benny; Age 11; Shanghai, 1939
- p. 77
- 6
- Bing; Age 10; Shanghai, Late 1939
- p. 94
- 7
- Annuo; Age 6; Shanghai, 1941
- p. 106
- 8
- Benny; Age 14; Shanghai, Autumn 1942
- Drumbeat of War
- p. 120
- 9
- Bing; Age 13; Shanghai, 1942
- p. 129
- 10
- Annuo; Age 8; Shanghai, 1943
- p. 141
- 11
- Benny; Age 16; Shanghai, 1944
- p. 155
- 1
- 12
- Ho; Age 21; Shanghai, 1945
- p. 164
- 13
- Bing; Age 16; Suzhou, 1945
- p. 178
- 14
- Ho; Age 23; Shanghai, 1947
- p. 189
- Part 3
- Benny; Age 9; Shanghai, August 14, 1937
- Exodus
- p. 195
- 15
- Benny; Age 20; Shanghai, Late 1948
- p. 197
- 16
- Annuo; Age 13; Hangzhou, Late I948
- p. 212
- 17
- Bing; Age 19; Shanghai, Late Summer 1948
- p. 3
- p. 226
- 18
- Ho; Age 23; Ann Arbor, June 1948
- p. 242
- 19
- Benny; Age 21; Shanghai, May 1949
- p. 265
- Part 4
- War's Long Shadow
- p. 277
- 2
- 20
- Ho; Age 25; New York, 1949
- p. 279
- 21
- Annuo; Age 14; Taiwan, Early Spring 1949
- p. 293
- 22
- Bing; Age 20; San Francisco, 1949
- p. 310
- 23
- Ho; Age 13; Shanghai, 1937
- Doreen And Benny; Ages 19 And 22; Guangzhou And Nanjing, 1950
- p. 327
- 24
- Annuo; Age 15; Taipei, 1950
- p. 342
- 25
- Ho; Age 26; New York, 1950
- p. 351
- 26
- Bing; Age 21; New York, 1950
- p. 25
- p. 362
- 27
- Benny; Age 23; Nanjing, 1951
- p. 377
- 28
- Doreen; Age 20; Hong Kong, 1951
- p. 387
- 29
- Annabel Annuo; Age 22; Taipei, 1957
- p. 398
- Control code
- on1083266029
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxix, 499 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780525618867
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- 8B1FE895-254D-4F84-A06E-C7A9A64AD146
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o1083266029
- (OCoLC)1083266029
Subject
- China -- History -- Civil War, 1945-1949 -- Refugees
- China -- Shanghai
- Chinese -- Foreign countries
- Chinese -- Foreign countries -- History -- 20th century
- Civil War (China : 1945-1949)
- Electronic books
- Emigration and immigration
- China
- History
- Political refugees
- Political refugees -- China -- History -- 20th century
- Refugees
- Shanghai (China) -- History -- 20th century
- HISTORY / Asia / China
- China -- Emigration and immigration | History -- 20th century
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