Jennifer Yip

Grains of Conflict

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Produktbeschreibung

China's war against Japan was, at its heart, a struggle for food. Jennifer Yip's deeply researched study argues that the Chinese government's attempts to provision its armies constituted the crux of total war. Making intensive use of pre-industrial resources, it vied with the Chinese Communist Party and Japanese for sustenance.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 290
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9781009601320
• ISBN-10: 1009601326
• Artikelnr.: 73534182

Autorenporträt

Jennifer Yip is Assistant Professor in History at the National University of Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: China's total war
1. The militarization of a river: the Yangzi's cardinal role in grain provisioning
2. The institutions and individuals behind wartime grain management and military supply
3. Wartime granary networks and the 'science' of storing grain
4. Carrying 'the nation's thousand-JIN burden': YIYUN, China's wartime relay transport system
5. The three way tussle for food: blockades, guerrilla warfare, and the everyday struggle for survival
Bibliography
Index.