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Table of 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.

Author/Creator:

Xu, Guoqi

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Strangers on the Western Front: Chinese workers in the Great War [by Xu, G.]

Subjects:

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

World War (1914-1918)

1900-1999

Foreign workers, Chinese

Working class

Relations

Forced labor

Great Britain

China

France

Europe

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

viii, 336 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Call Numbers:

D639.L2 X8 2011

ISBNs:

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

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2010019900

OCLC Numbers:

555658505