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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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Description
viii, 336 p., [18] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
Subjects
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
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