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100	1		_aZia, Helen, _eauthor. _9385679
245	1	0	_aLast boat out of Shanghai : _bthe epic story of the Chinese who fled Mao's revolution / _cHelen Zia.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bBallantine Books, _c[2019]
300			_axxix, 499 pages : _billustrations, maps ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [461]-476) and index.
520			_a"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" -- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aPolitical refugees _zChina _xHistory _y20th century. _9389550
650		0	_aChinese _zForeign countries _xHistory _y20th century. _9389551
651		0	_aChina _xHistory _yCivil War, 1945-1949 _xRefugees. _9389552
651		0	_aChina _xEmigration and immigration _xHistory _y20th century. _9389553
651		0	_aShanghai (China) _xHistory _y20th century. _9357267
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