Strangers on the Western Front Chinese workers in the Great War /

Strangers on the Western Front Chinese workers in the Great War /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Xu, Guoqi
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > Conscript labor > Europe.
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, Chinese.
World War, 1914-1918 > Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918 > France.
Foreign workers, Chinese > Europe > History > 20th century.
Working class > China > History > 20th century.
China > Relations > Great Britain.
China > Relations > France.
Great Britain > Relations > China.
France > Relations > China.
Electronic books.
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Table of 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.

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