Strangers on the Western Front [[electronic resource] ] : Chinese workers in the Great War / / Xu Guoqi

• Autore: Xu Guoqi
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.3089/951044
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: China Relations Great Britain; China Relations France; Great Britain Relations China; France Relations China
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Strangers on the Western Front
• ISBN: 0-674-06055-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910460359303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II