Strangers on the Western Front - Chinese Workers in the Great War

Informationen zum Autor Xu Guoqi is Professor of History at the University of Hong Kong. Klappentext During 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. This title tells the story of the 140,000 Chinese men recruited for the Allied war effort. Zusammenfassung During 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. This title tells the story of the 140!000 Chinese men recruited for the Allied war effort.

Product details

• Authors: Guoqi Xu, Xu Guoqi
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.02.2011
• EAN: 9780674049994
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04999-4
• No. of pages: 366
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; China, Ethnic Studies, History, Europe, European History, First World War, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / World, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, c 1910 to c 1919, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Military institutions, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I