04036nam 2200721 a 450 991078980880332120230725031006.00-674-06055-510.4159/9780674060555(CKB)2670000000081343(OCoLC)733332523(CaPaEBR)ebrary10456092(SSID)ssj0000487672(PQKBManifestationID)11318213(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000487672(PQKBWorkID)10443059(PQKB)11416002(MiAaPQ)EBC3300924(Au-PeEL)EBL3300924(CaPaEBR)ebr10456092(DE-B1597)586093(DE-B1597)9780674060555(OCoLC)1301548679(EXLCZ)99267000000008134320100514d2011 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrStrangers on the Western Front[electronic resource] Chinese workers in the Great War /Xu GuoqiCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20111 online resource (367 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-04999-3 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.This is a fresh work of history that crosses thematic boundaries: Chinese history, WWI history, world history, migration and labor history. It recovers the lost story of 140,000 Chinese workers, men mostly from the Northern Chinese province of Shandong, who were recruited by the British and French governments to support their fight against the Germans during WWI. These workers later were also “imported” to the US and Canada as those countries joined the war and felt the need for additional labor. The work is based on a decade of archival research in China, Taiwan, France, Germany, the US, Canada, and Britain. It sheds light on these long-forgotten workers, who were instrumental in the Allied efforts that resulted in a defeat of Germany. Yet the persistent racism they encountered in the West, and ultimately the erasure of their contribution both by the countries they served and the Chinese elites who recruited them for the purpose, raises the question of how power determines who is included and excluded from the historical record.World War, 1914-1918Conscript laborEuropeWorld War, 1914-1918Participation, ChineseWorld War, 1914-1918Great BritainWorld War, 1914-1918FranceForeign workers, ChineseEuropeHistory20th centuryWorking classChinaHistory20th centuryChinaRelationsGreat BritainChinaRelationsFranceGreat BritainRelationsChinaFranceRelationsChinaWorld War, 1914-1918Conscript laborWorld War, 1914-1918Participation, Chinese.World War, 1914-1918World War, 1914-1918Foreign workers, ChineseHistoryWorking classHistory940.3089/951044Xu Guoqi786033MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789808803321Strangers on the Western Front3679425UNINA