The Chinese Labour Corps 1916 1920
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The Chinese Labour Corps 1916 1920
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Author : Gregory James
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
The Chinese Labour Corps 1916 1920 written by Gregory James and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Foreign workers, Chinese categories.
Informative account of the creation, management and operation of the 95,000-strong auxiliary unit recruited in China for service in Europe during the First World War. Financed and administered by the British War Office, it was raised at a time when Allied casualties, on the Western Front and elsewhere, had seriously reduced the availability of the manpower necessary to ensure the maintenance of a combat-fit military force. He shows that the Chinese Labour Corps derived its organisational structure from earlier Chinese units in foreign service, for example the Canton Coolie Corps recruited by the British and French during the second Opium War in the mid-nineteenth century, or the contingents of labourers contracted to the mines of the Transvaal at the turn of the twentieth. In this important and wide-ranging contribution to military history, the author draws on an extensive array of public and unofficial sources to chronicle the saga of a wartime cross-cultural encounter whose legacy remains in the narrative of contemporary Sino-Western relations--From publisher's Website.
Chinese Labour Corps Original Photographer Unknown
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Chinese Labour Corps Original Photographer Unknown written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with categories.
Dawn Of Victory Thank You China
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Author : Jim Maultsaid
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2017-06-30
Dawn Of Victory Thank You China written by Jim Maultsaid and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-30 with History categories.
Jim Maultsaids third and final book, The Dawn of Victory, Thank You China! is based on his service with the 169 Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) between 1918 1919.There were 96,000 Chinese volunteer in the CLC and their achievements have gone largely unrecognized for 100 years. As Jim Maultsaids diaries and drawings vividly testify, they made a stupendous and lasting contribution both during and in the aftermath of The Great War. He writes Never did I see human beings work as we worked those Chinese boys of ours. In all weathers, the Chinese turned their hands to every kind of task, initially keeping the wheels of war turning and after the Armistice clearing the debris of war and recovering the tens of thousands of anonymous dead.Maultsaids down-to-earth prose and superb drawings capture the unique nature of the CLCs efforts. His admiration for their stoic, indeed heroic efforts is obvious and, thanks to the preservation of these unique diaries, the coolies who toiled so tirelessly can at last receive long overdue credit.The author/artist served for over five years and was there to say goodbye and thank you to all those who served in his unit.
Foch S Reserves
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Author : Gregory James
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-03
Foch S Reserves written by Gregory James and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03 with Foreign workers, Chinese categories.
Strangers On The Western Front
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Author : Guoqi Xu
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2011-02-28
Strangers On The Western Front written by Guoqi Xu and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-28 with History categories.
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. Xu explores China’s reasons for sending its citizens to help the British and French (and, later, the Americans), the backgrounds of the workers, their difficult transit to Europe—across the Pacific, through Canada, and over the Atlantic—and their experiences with the Allied armies. It was the first encounter with Westerners for most of these Chinese peasants, and Xu also considers the story from their perspective: how they understood this distant war, the racism and suspicion they faced, and their attempts to hold on to their culture so far from home. In recovering this fascinating lost story, Xu highlights the Chinese contribution to World War I and illuminates the essential role these unsung laborers played in modern China’s search for a new national identity on the global stage.
India Empire And First World War Culture
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Author : Santanu Das
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2018-09-13
India Empire And First World War Culture written by Santanu Das and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-13 with Literary Criticism categories.
This is the first cultural and literary history of India and the First World War, with archival research from Europe and South Asia.
No Labour No Battle
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Author : John Starling
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2014-09-01
No Labour No Battle written by John Starling and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-01 with History categories.
From 1917 British soldiers who were unfit or too old for front-line service were to serve unarmed and within the range of German guns for weeks or even months at a time undertaking labouring tasks. Both at the time and since they have arguably not been given the recognition they deserve for this difficult and dangerous work. From non-existence in 1914, by November 1918 Military Labour had developed into an organised and efficient 350,000-strong Labour Corps, supported by Dominion and foreign labour of more than a million men. Following the war, the grim and solemn tasks of clearing battlefields and constructing cemeteries, which continued until 1921, were also the responsibility of the Corps. Here, John Starling and Ivor Lee bring together extensive research from both primary and secondary sources to reveal how the vital, yet largely unreported, role played by these brave soldiers was crucial to achieving victory in 1918.
Blue Book For The Year
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Author : Straits Settlements
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Blue Book For The Year written by Straits Settlements and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Straits Settlements categories.
China On The Western Front
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Author : Michael Brynmôr Summerskill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
China On The Western Front written by Michael Brynmôr Summerskill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Chinese categories.
Harry Livingstone S Forgotten Men
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Author : Dan Black
language : en
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Release Date : 2019-10-01
Harry Livingstone S Forgotten Men written by Dan Black and has been published by James Lorimer & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-01 with History categories.
HARRY LIVINGSTONE was a small town doctor from Listowel, Ontario when he felt the pull of patriotism that led him to volunteer in the First World War. In 1917, Livingstone found himself embarking on a strange journey that took him to China, where he would inspect,and ultimately travel back to Canada with, men who became known as the Chinese Labour Corps. Once in Canada, the Chinese under Livingstone's care travelled across Canada in secret trains bound for Halifax. All news about the trains and the men was censored. On board crowded ships, the men crossed the U-boat-infested Atlantic. They were then put to work to keep the war machine in motion — digging trenches, hauling supplies, repairing military vehicles, and the grisly job of cleaning up the battlefields. About 300,000 Chinese labourers were recruited by the British,French, and Russian allies during the First World War. Nearly 84,000 of them passed through Canada on their way to France. Livingstone and other officers kept diaries and journals, and wrote letters home telling of their experiences with the Chinese. From these first-person accounts as well as historical records and from rare letters written by Chinese labourers themselves, author Dan Black offers for the first time a full account of Canadians and the Chinese Labour Corps — a story that had mostly been unknown until now.