Chinese Overseas Labour and Globalisation in the Early Twentieth Century: Migrant Workers, Globalisation and the Sino-French Connection
Author:   Paul Bailey (University of Durham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780415739276


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 January 2021
Format:   Hardback
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Chinese labourers were contracted in large numbers - over 140,000 of them - by the French and British governments for war-related work on the Western front. This book examines how this came about; and it explores the experiences of the Chinese workers involved. It discusses the wider extent of the use of Chinese labour worldwide, and considers the attitude of the French and British governments. It outlines the kind of work the Chinese labourers were involved in, and portrays their lives and conditions in detail. It shows how Chinese labourers continued to be used in the aftermath of the war, and places this use of Chinese labourers in the wider context of globalisation in the period.

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Author:   Paul Bailey (University of Durham, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9780415739276


ISBN 10:   0415739276
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 January 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. Bartered 'Swine': Chinese Indentured Labour Before World War One 2. The Origins of the Chinese Francophile 'Lobby' and the Chinese Worker Presence in France 3. 'An Army of Labour': The French and British Recruitment of Chinese Workers in World War One 4. Protest and Self-Help: The Lives of Chinese Workers in World War One France 5. Reconstruction in Northern France and Repatriation (1918-1922) Conclusion: The 'Afterlife' of World War One Chinese Workers and Contemporary Discourses of Chinese Overseas Labour

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Paul Bailey is a Professor of History at the University of Durham, UK

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