Xu, Guoqi. <br/><br/>
Strangers on the Western Front  Chinese workers in the Great War /  [electronic resource] : 
Xu Guoqi. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Harvard University Press,  2011. 
 - viii, 336 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674060555 (electronic bk.) 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1914-1918--Conscript labor--Europe.<br/>World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Chinese.<br/>World War, 1914-1918--Great Britain.<br/>World War, 1914-1918--France.<br/>Foreign workers, Chinese--History--Europe--20th century.<br/>Working class--History--China--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Relations--Great Britain.<br/>China--Relations--France.<br/>Great Britain--Relations--China.<br/>France--Relations--China.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D639.L2  / X8 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.3089/951044