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035			_a(DE-B1597)9780674060555
035			_a(DE-B1597)586093
035			_a(OCoLC)1301548679
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072		7	_aHIS027090 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a940.3089/951044
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aXu, Guoqi _eautore
245	1	0	_aStrangers on the Western Front : _bChinese Workers in the Great War / _cGuoqi Xu.
264		1	_aCambridge, MA : _bHarvard University Press, _c[2011]
264		4	_c2011
300			_a1 online resource (366 p.)
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tNote on Romanization -- _tIntroduction -- _t1. Great War and Great Crisis: China, Britain, France, and the “Laborers as Soldiers” Strategy -- _t2. The Recruitment and European Odyssey of the Men for Britain and France -- _t3. The Hidden History of the Secret Canadian Pathway -- _t4. Work -- _t5. Treatment and Perceptions -- _t6. Strangers in a Strange World: Chinese Lives in Eu rope -- _t7. American Soldiers and Chinese Laborers -- _t8. The Association Men and Chinese Laborers -- _t9. The Fusion of Teaching and Learning: Students as Teachers and Vice Versa -- _t10. A Fusion of Civilizations -- _tConclusion -- _tAppendix 1: Huimin Contract with the French Government -- _tAppendix 2: British Contract -- _tNotes -- _tSelected Glossary -- _tSelected Bibliography -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aDuring 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 Allied war effort.These laborers, mostly illiterate peasants from north China, came voluntarily and worked in Europe longer than any other group. Xu explores China’s reasons for sending its citizens to help the British and French (and, later, the Americans), the backgrounds of the workers, their difficult transit to Europe—across the Pacific, through Canada, and over the Atlantic—and their experiences with the Allied armies. It was the first encounter with Westerners for most of these Chinese peasants, and Xu also considers the story from their perspective: how they understood this distant war, the racism and suspicion they faced, and their attempts to hold on to their culture so far from home.In recovering this fascinating lost story, Xu highlights the Chinese contribution to World War I and illuminates the essential role these unsung laborers played in modern China’s search for a new national identity on the global stage.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)
650		0	_aForeign workers, Chinese _zEurope _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aWorking class _zChina _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xConscript labor _zEurope.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xParticipation, Chinese.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _zFrance.
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _zGreat Britain.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Military / World War I. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.4159/9780674060555?locatt=mode:legacy
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674060555
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674060555/original
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