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Strangers On The Western Front - Chinese Workers In The Great War
Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England, Harvard University Press, 2011. 1 volume, in-8, 336 pp., hardcover, enriched with black and white photographs, in excellent condition.
Contents: Notes on Romanization, page ix. Introduction, pages 1-9. Chapter 1: Great War and Great Crisis: China, Britain, France, and the "Laborers as Soldiers" Strategy, pages 10-37. Chapter 2: The Recruitment and European Odyssey of the Men for Britain and France, pages 38-54. Chapter 3: The Hidden Story of the Secret Canadian Pathway, pages 55-79. Chapter 4: Work, pages 80-102. Chapter 5: Treatment and Perceptions, pages 103-125. Chapter 6: Strangers in a Strange World: Chinese Lives in Europe, pages 126-151. Chapter 7: American Soldiers and Chinese Laborers, pages 152-173. Chapter 8: The Association Men and Chinese Laborers, pages 174-197. Chapter 9: The Fusion of Teaching and Learning: Students as Teachers and Vice Versa, pages 198-219. Chapter 10: A Fusion of Civilizations, pages 220-239. Conclusion, pages 240-244. Appendix 1: Huimin Contract with the French Government, pages 245-250. Appendix 2: British Contract, pages 251-252. Notes, pages 253-304. Selected Glossary, pages 305-306. Selected Bibliography, pages 307-324. Acknowledgements, pages 325-328. Index, 329-336.
