Strangers on the Western Front [electronic resource] : Chinese workers in the Great War / Xu Guoqi.
2011
D639.L2 X8 2011eb
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Title
Strangers on the Western Front [electronic resource] : Chinese workers in the Great War / Xu Guoqi.
Author
Xu, Guoqi, 1962-
ISBN
9780674049994 (alk. paper)
9780674060555 (electronic bk.)
9780674060555 (electronic bk.)
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 336 p.)
Call Number
D639.L2 X8 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
940.3089/951044
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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.