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

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Xu, Guoqi.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: viii, 336 p.

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.