The woman who could not forget : Iris Chang before and beyond The rape of Nanking /

The woman who could not forget : Iris Chang before and beyond The rape of Nanking /

"Iris Chang's best-selling book The Rape of Nanking forever changed the way we view the Second World War in Asia. It all began with a photo of a river choked with the bodies of hundreds of Chinese civilians that shook Iris to her core. Who were these people? Why had this happened and how c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chang, Ying-Ying
Other Authors: Chang, Iris
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus, [2011]
Subjects:
Chang, Iris.
Chang, Iris > Mental health.
1937
Chinese American authors.
Chinese American women > Biography.
Chinese American women.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
Journalists.
Chinese American authors > Biography.
Historians > United States > Biography.
Historians.
Nanking Massacre, Nanjing, Jiangsu Sheng, China, 1937.
American authors > Biography.
Women authors > Biography.
Journalister > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet > 2000-talet > biografi.
Historiker > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet > 2000-talet > biografi.
United States.
China > Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng)
Biographies.
Table of Contents:
  • The shock
  • The birth
  • Childhood
  • A passion emerges
  • The high-school days
  • Standing out in crowds
  • Fresh out of college
  • Starting over at twenty-two
  • Struggles of a young writer
  • The photos that changed her life
  • The biological clock
  • The breakthrough
  • Overcoming obstacles
  • Becoming a celebrity
  • A roller-coaster life
  • Research on Chinese in America
  • Struggles for a baby and a movie
  • A new book and a son
  • The breakdown
  • An untimely death
  • Requiem for Iris Chang by Steven Clemons.

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