Table of Contents: Strangers on the Western Front

Main Author:	Xu, Guoqi.
Corporate Author:	ebrary, Inc.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:	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 > History > 20th century. > Europe Working class > History > 20th century. > China China > Relations > Great Britain. China > Relations > France. Great Britain > Relations > China. France > Relations > China.
Online Access:	http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10456092

Table of Contents:

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.