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Autore |
Xu Guoqi |
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Titolo |
Strangers on the Western Front [[electronic resource] ] : Chinese workers in the Great War / / Xu Guoqi |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2011 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (367 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
Electronic books. |
China Relations Great Britain |
China Relations France |
Great Britain Relations China |
France Relations China |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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