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Strangers on the Western Front : Chinese workers in the Great War
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Title
Strangers on the Western Front : Chinese workers in the Great War / Xu Guoqi.
ISBN
9780674049994 (alk. paper)
0674049993 (alk. paper)
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Physical Description
viii, 336 p., [18] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 14, 2011
Bibliography
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.
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