TY - BOOK AU - Xu,Guoqi TI - Strangers on the Western Front: Chinese workers in the Great War SN - 9780674060555 AV - D639.L2 X8 2011eb U1 - 940.3089/951044 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Conscript labor KW - Europe KW - Participation, Chinese KW - Great Britain KW - France KW - Foreign workers, Chinese KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Working class KW - China KW - Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 KW - Travail obligatoire KW - Travailleurs étrangers chinois KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Travailleurs KW - Chine KW - HISTORY KW - Military KW - World War I KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY / Military / World War I KW - fast KW - International relations KW - Relations KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=361683 ER -