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Strangers on the Western Front : Chinese workers in the Great War
- Title
- Strangers on the Western Front : Chinese workers in the Great War / Xu Guoqi.
- Author
- Xu, Guoqi.
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
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Details
- Description
- viii, 336 p., [18] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
- Subjects
- World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Chinese
- World War, 1914-1918 > Conscript labor > Europe
- Foreign workers, Chinese > Europe > History > 20th century
- China > Relations > Great Britain
- Working class > China > History > 20th century
- China > Relations > France
- Great Britain > Relations > China
- World War, 1914-1918 > Great Britain
- France > Relations > China
- World War, 1914-1918 > France
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Great War and great crisis : China, Britain, France, and the "laborers as soldiers" strategy -- The recruitment and European odyssey of the men for Britain and France -- The hidden history of the secret Canadian pathway -- Work -- Treatment and perceptions -- Strangers in a strange world : Chinese lives in Europe -- American soldiers and Chinese laborers -- The association men and Chinese laborers -- The fusion of teaching and learning : students as teachers and vice versa -- A fusion of civilizations -- Appendix 1: Huimin contract with the French government -- Appendix 2: British contract -- Selected glossary.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-1523
- ISBN
- 9780674049994 (alk. paper)
- 0674049993 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010019900
- OCLC
- YBP 2010019900
- Author
- Xu, Guoqi.
- Title
- Strangers on the Western Front : Chinese workers in the Great War / Xu Guoqi.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-1523