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

Author/creator Xu, Guoqi, 1962-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Descriptionviii, 336 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010019900
ISBN9780674049994 (alk. paper)
ISBN0674049993 (alk. paper)