Strangers on the Western Front Chinese workers in the Great War /
Xu, Guoqi.
Strangers on the Western Front Chinese workers in the Great War / [electronic resource] : Xu Guoqi. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - viii, 336 p.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780674060555 (electronic bk.)
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.
China--Relations--Great Britain.
China--Relations--France.
Great Britain--Relations--China.
France--Relations--China.
Electronic books.
D639.L2 / X8 2011
940.3089/951044
Strangers on the Western Front Chinese workers in the Great War / [electronic resource] : Xu Guoqi. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011. - viii, 336 p.
Includes bibliographical references 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.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
9780674060555 (electronic bk.)
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.
China--Relations--Great Britain.
China--Relations--France.
Great Britain--Relations--China.
France--Relations--China.
Electronic books.
D639.L2 / X8 2011
940.3089/951044