Strangers on the Western Front : Chinese workers in the Great War /
Xu, Guoqi, 1962-
Strangers on the Western Front : Chinese workers in the Great War / Xu Guoqi. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (viii, 336 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-323) and index.
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.
9780674060555 (electronic bk.) 0674060555 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctv1m4wkb3 JSTOR
2010019900
1900-1999
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--History--Europe--20th century.
Working class--History--China--20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918--Travail obligatoire--Europe.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918--France.
Travailleurs étrangers chinois--Histoire--Europe--20e siècle.
Travailleurs--Histoire--Chine--20e siècle.
HISTORY--Military--World War I.
HISTORY / Military / World War I
Foreign workers, Chinese.
International relations.
Working class.
China--Relations--Great Britain.
China--Relations--France.
Great Britain--Relations--China.
France--Relations--China.
China.
Europe.
France.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
D639.L2 / X8 2011eb
940.3089/951044
Strangers on the Western Front : Chinese workers in the Great War / Xu Guoqi. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (viii, 336 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-323) and index.
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.
9780674060555 (electronic bk.) 0674060555 (electronic bk.)
22573/ctv1m4wkb3 JSTOR
2010019900
1900-1999
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--History--Europe--20th century.
Working class--History--China--20th century.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918--Travail obligatoire--Europe.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918--France.
Travailleurs étrangers chinois--Histoire--Europe--20e siècle.
Travailleurs--Histoire--Chine--20e siècle.
HISTORY--Military--World War I.
HISTORY / Military / World War I
Foreign workers, Chinese.
International relations.
Working class.
China--Relations--Great Britain.
China--Relations--France.
Great Britain--Relations--China.
France--Relations--China.
China.
Europe.
France.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
D639.L2 / X8 2011eb
940.3089/951044