Uneasy allies : Sino-American relations at the grassroots, 1937-1949 / edited by Zach Fredman and Judd Kinzley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fredman, Zach, editor.

Kinzley, Judd, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Foreign relations--China.

United States.

China--Foreign relations--United States.

China.

United States--Foreign relations--1933-1945.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.

China--Foreign relations--1912-1949.

China--Foreign relations--1949-1976.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 327 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Drawing on new sources uncovered in China, Taiwan, the UK, and the US, the chapters in this volume reveal how grassroots engagements between Americans and Chinese during World War II shaped the development of the postwar order in Asia and continue to influence Sino-US relations today"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Introduction: Toward a Grassroots History of Sino-U.S. Relations / Zach Fredman and Judd Kinzley

Section1: An Informal Alliance

Herbert Yardley and the Grassroots Origins of Sino-American Wartime Intelligence Cooperation / Chang Jui-te

Allied Military Competition in South China and the Rise of American Power / Kwong Chi Man

Gong Peng and Sino-American Public Diplomacy in Wartime Chongqing / Jack Neuebauer

Section 2: Entanglements of American Empire

Pan American Airlines and the Birth of Chinese Air Power / Mary Augusta Brazelton

The Three Gorges Dam and Sino-American Hydraulic Planning / Covell Meyskens

Section 3: American Power and the New World Order

American Peace Movements and the Legacies of Transpacific Wartime Activism / Ke Ren

The China Institute in America and the Politics of China's Cultural Diplomacy / Zheng Yanqiu

Sino-American Wartime Material Exchange and the Economic Foundations of

the Cold War Order / Judd Kinzley

Section 4: The New Imperialism

Haydon Boatner and Sino-American Military Cooperation / David Cheng Chang

Dealing with the Dead in the China-Burma-India Theater / Linh Vu

Qingdao and the Politics of Occupation in Postwar China / Zhiguo Yang

The Debate Over 'Jeep Girls' in Postwar China / Chunmei Du

Smuggling, Military Jurisdiction and the Remaking of U.S. Empire in Postwar

China / Zach Fredman

Conclusion: Legacies and Lessons of Wartime Sino-American Relations, 1937-1939 / Zach Fredman

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Dec 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781009534932

1009534939

9781009534956

1009534955

9781009534970

1009534971