Strangers on the Western Front : Chinese workers in the Great War /

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"During World War I, Britain and France imported workers from their colonies to labor behind the front lines. The single largest group of support labor came not from imperial colonies, however, but from China. Xu Guoqi tells the remarkable story of the 140,000 Chinese men recruited for the Alli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Xu, Guoqi, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Temas:
1900-1999
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.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Travail obligatoire > Europe.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > France.
Travailleurs étrangers chinois > Europe > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
HISTORY / Military / World War I
Foreign workers, Chinese
International relations
Working class
China > Relations > Great Britain.
China > Relations > France.
Great Britain > Relations > China.
France > Relations > China.
China
Europe
France
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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