Strangers on the Western Front: Chinese Workers in the Great WarDuring World War I, Britain and France imported workers from their colonies to labor behind the front lines. The single largest group of support labor came not from imperial colonies, however, but from China. Xu Guoqi tells the remarkable story of the 140,000 Chinese men recruited for the Allied war effort. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
China Britain France and the Laborers as Soldiers Strategy | 10 |
2 The Recruitment and Europe an Odyssey of the Men for Britain and France | 38 |
3 The Hidden History of the Secret Canadian Path | 55 |
4 Work | 80 |
5 Treatment and Perceptions | 103 |
Chinese Lives in Europe | 126 |
7 American Soldiers and Chinese Laborers | 152 |
10 A Fusion of Civilizations | 220 |
Conclusion | 240 |
Huimin Contract with the French Government | 245 |
British Contract | 251 |
Notes | 253 |
Selected Glossary | 305 |
Selected Bibliography | 307 |
Acknowledgments | 325 |