Where every ghost has a name

• Verfasst von: Liao, Kim [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Where every ghost has a name
• Titelzusatz: a memoir of Taiwanese independence
• Verf.angabe: Kim Liao
• Verlagsort: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (IX, 319 Seiten)
• Fussnoten: Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9406-5
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Liao, Kim: Where every ghost has a name. - Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2024. - pages cm
• Sach-SW: Asian history
• Sach-SW: Asiatische Geschichte
• Sach-SW: HISTORY / Asia / China
• Sach-SW: National liberation & independence, post-colonialism
• Sach-SW: Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus
• Sach-SW: POL045000
• Geograph. SW: Taiwan
• Geograph. SW: Taiwan
• K10plus-PPN: 190545449X
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Where Every Ghost Has a Name offers readers a gripping tale of Taiwan's road to democracy through the lens of one family's sacrifices. This memoir recounts the story of Thomas Liao, a Taiwanese Independence leader after WWII that advanced the cause of democracy, whose fight for freedom tore his family apart and changed the history of Taiwan.

Abstract

Cover -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Part I -- The Wrong Kind of Chinese -- My Only Clues -- Anna in the Japanese Tropics -- The Attic -- Great Expectations -- Part II -- Anna's Escape -- The Surrogate Son -- The Men Who Would Overthrow Generalissimo Chiang -- The Whitewashed Museum -- The Trap -- Cookie Tins -- Part III -- Green Island -- The Freedom Fighter -- An American Family -- The President of the Republic in Exile -- Knowing and Not Knowing -- Surrender -- Part IV -- Return to Silai -- Starting to Think like Anna -- A Family of Gamblers -- The Garden of Abandoned Chiangs -- Hungry Ghost Month -- One Last Glance at the Golden Death Warrant -- Acknowledgments -- Notes and References -- Bibliography and Further Readings on Taiwanese History -- Index -- About the Author.