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Introduction -- Background : illusory empire and great migration campaign -- Ill-fated diaspora of Japanese farmer-settlers -- Early postwar era : repatriation of Japanese and international politics -- Plight of orphans during postwar era -- Initial search for orphans : volunteer groups and official missions -- Barriers to repatriation : reestablishing identity and domicile -- Barriers to repatriation : guarantor/receiver requirement -- Japanese women left behind in China -- Orphans' struggles for settlement -- Struggles of orphans' spouses and offspring -- New obstacles : retirement and pensions -- Class-action lawsuits -- Verdicts -- Conclusion : orphan issue and Sino-Japanese relations

""Why doesn't she just open up her ears and listen?"" Few physical problems are as poorly understood as hearing loss. In Missed Connections, a new kind of self-help book that combines sociological reporting with personal reflection, sociologist Barbara Stenross examines what hearing loss feels like to those who have it and which technologies and strategies can improve communication at home and in public. Based on seven years of research, Stenross's book tells of how -- as she sought information and solutions to help her hard-of-hearing father -- she came to join a commun

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