China interrupted: Japanese internment and the reshaping of a Canadian missionary community
"China interrupted is the story of Canadian missionaries and their China-born children (mishkids), whose richly interwoven lives and mission were irreversibly altered by their internment as "enemy aliens" of Japan from 1941 to 1945"--Back cover
| Summary: | "China interrupted is the story of Canadian missionaries and their China-born children (mishkids), whose richly interwoven lives and mission were irreversibly altered by their internment as "enemy aliens" of Japan from 1941 to 1945"--Back cover Introduction: China interrupted -- Developing a mishkid elite (1910-1934) -- "A call to live dangerously" (1935-1938) -- The "new" missionaries (1939-1940) -- Heeding and ignoring consular advice (1941) -- Practising the fine art of house arrest (1942) -- Adjusting to Columbia Country Club and Yangzhou Camp B (1943) -- "The end of the world has come" Pudong Camp (1943-1945) -- Conclusion: internment and the reshaping of a Canadian missionary community -- Appendix A: Canadian missionary nurses in China, April 1941 -- Appendix B: all Canadian nurses interned in China |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and index |
| Physical Description: | XXI, 305 S., Ill. |
| ISBN: | 1554586275 |