Everyday Occupation

American Soldiers and Chinese Civilians after World War II

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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'In this rich history of everyday encounters between US soldiers and Chinese civilians, Chunmei Du explores their entangled relations from the end of World War II to the founding of the People's Republic of China. Drawing upon official, popular and personal accounts from both countries, Du examines the sensorial, material, and symbolic exchanges that took place between GIs and ordinary Chinese people-stall vendors, pedestrians, rickshaw pullers, 'Jeep girls,' and suspected thieves. Through the conceptual lens of the everyday, this book reveals how interactions such as traffic accidents, sexual relations, theft, and black-market dealings, impacted larger political dynamics during this pivotal era. Du shows how mundane struggles made imperialism and sovereignty tangible, fueling anti-American sentiment. Meanwhile, these encounters fostered informal diplomacy, shaping identities and forging new bonds that left a lasting imprint on both countries. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.'

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Utgivningsdatum2025-12-11
Mått152 x 231 x 16 mm
Vikt450 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor312
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009600668

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'This sophisticated book connects everyday offenses and geopolitics into a broad historical argument about the limits of ideology, policy, and propaganda to grasp popular outrage. The Jeep transitioned from a symbol of Allied victory to a representation of American imperialism in postwar China when the U.S. military occupation of North China let loose soldiers who bullied, raped, disregarded traffic signs and offended ordinary people. Reconstructing a complex history of the U.S. Marine III Amphibian Corps (IIIAC)'s fifty-thousand-man force sent to help end the Japanese occupation, Du creates a detailed account for another explanation for how the U.S. 'lost' the People's Republic of China. Deftly wrapping macro-politics (the rise of the U.S. Empire and Cold War) around a regional struggle to capture the Chinese state, this book clarifies how it is still possible to write about the people as a motive force. Beneath abstraction, Du argues, is the terrain of everyday experience where we decide to act or not.' Tani Barlow, Rice University