Human Enclosures

Drawing on a decade of fieldwork and interviews with over 360 survivors, Zhang Mingyun synthesizes oral testimonies with rare visual archives and official wartime documents. The book offers a meticulous analysis of the following:

- The "concentration settlement" policy: The systematic forced relocation of rural populations into fortified enclosures.
- Socio-economic impact: Statistical data on the destruction of local communities and the systematic violence against civilians.
- Archival evidence: Inclusion of primary source materials and historical photographs that document the "Thousand-Mile No-Man's Land."

As a vital contribution to Holocaust and Genocide Studies, this work fills a significant gap in the historiography of the Second Sino-Japanese War. It serves as an essential primary resource for academic libraries focusing on military history, human rights, and the social impact of total war.