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050	0	4	_aDS31-35 _b.R438 2017
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aBanham, Tony, _d1959- _e1
245	1	0	_aReduced to a symbolical scale : _bthe evacuation of British women and children from Hong Kong to Australia in 1940 / _cTony Banham.
246	3	0	_aEvacuation of British women and children from Hong Kong to Australia in 1940
260			_aHong Kong : _bHong Kong University Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 191 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : _billustrations, portraits
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
500			_a"This book is based on my PhD thesis at the Australian Defence Force Academy, University of New South Wales."--Page viii.
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520	8		_aIn July 1940, the wives and children of British families in Hong Kong, military and civilian, were compulsorily evacuated, following a plan created by the Hong Kong government in 1939. That plan focused exclusively on the process of evacuation, but issues concerning how the women and children should settle in the new country, communication with abandoned husbands, and reuniting families after the war were not considered. In practice, few would ever be addressed. When evacuation came, 3,500 people would simply be dumped in Australia. The experience of the evacuees can be seen as a three-act drama: delivery to Australia creates tension, five years of war and uncertainty intensify it, and resolution comes as war ends. However, that drama, unlike the evacuation plan, did not develop in a vacuum but was embedded in a complex historical, political, and social environment. Based on archival research of official documents, letters and memoirs, and interviews and discussions with more than one hundred evacuees and their families, this book studies the evacuation in its full context.
505	0	0	_a1. Planning -- _t2. Evacuation -- _t3. Arrival in Australia -- _t4. 1941 : pre-Pacific War Australia -- _t5. War : Australia, 1942-1944 -- _t6. 1945 : War and peace -- _tBritain, Hong Kong, or stay?
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650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xWomen _zAustralia.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xWomen _zChina _zHong Kong.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _xEvacuation of civilians _zChina _zHong Kong.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1622207&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell