Strangers on the Western Front

by Xu Guoqi, Guoqi Xu, Athena Dixon

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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. Xu Guoqi tells the remarkable story of the 140,000 Chinese men recruited for the Allied war effort.

These laborers, mostly illiterate peasants from north China, came voluntarily and worked in Europe longer than any other group...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0674049993

ISBN13:9780674049994

Release Date:February 2011

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:366 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.4" x 9.4"

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History Social Science Social Sciences

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