TY - BOOK AU - Xu,Guoqi ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Strangers on the Western Front: Chinese workers in the Great War AV - D639.L2 X8 2011eb U1 - 940.3089/951044 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Conscript labor KW - Europe KW - Participation, Chinese KW - Great Britain KW - France KW - Foreign workers, Chinese KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Working class KW - China KW - Relations KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2011; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10456092 ER -