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Author:

Xu, Guoqi.

Title:

Strangers on the Western Front : Chinese workers in the Great War / Xu Guoqi.

Publisher:

Harvard University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

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

Subject:

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.

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0674049993 (alk. paper)
9780674049994 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)555658505

LCCN:

2010019900

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)