| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 336 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-323) 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
World War, 1914-1918 -- Conscript labor -- Europe.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Chinese.
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World War (1914-1918) |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- France.
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Foreign workers, Chinese -- Europe -- History -- 20th century.
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Foreign workers, Chinese. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Working class -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Working class. |
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China. |
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China -- Relations -- Great Britain.
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Relations. |
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Great Britain. |
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China -- Relations -- France.
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France. |
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Great Britain -- Relations -- China.
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France -- Relations -- China.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Xu, Guoqi. Strangers on the Western Front. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011 9780674049994 (DLC) 2010019900 (OCoLC)555658505 |
| ISBN |
9780674060555 (electronic book) |
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0674060555 (electronic book) |
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9780674049994 |
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0674049993 |
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