Caring Beyond National Borders
The Ymca and Chinese Laborers in World War I Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7709448 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Chen-main Wang (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 327-349 |
| Publication date | 2009-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Church History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-6407 • E-ISSN: 1755-2613 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009640709000511 |
| OpenAlex | W2158026685 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
It is well known that 175,000 Chinese laborers worked for Allied troops in Europe during World War I. This phenomenon has been recorded in major WWI histories and has become the topic of monographs in Chinese and Western languages. Chinese laborers solved the Allied problem of a serious manpower shortage and made contributions to military fieldwork, construction, and factory work. Comparatively speaking, few scholars have paid attention to the Christian work among the Chinese laborers, which gave them considerable comfort and assistance and which laid the foundation for other service to Chinese laborers in France. Though some people have a general understanding that the Young Men's Christian Association (including the British YMCA and the International Committee of the YMCA in North America) was the most active and energetic group in offering assistance to the Chinese laborers, little has been written that explains the YMCA operations among the laborers, preventing a fair and thorough evaluation of the YMCA's service to the Chinese laborers. This paper, based on material from the American YMCA Archives, the Canadian Church Archives, and some Chinese writings on this topic, attempts to investigate the origin, operation, and development of this YMCA international project and to assess its significance in church history and in modern China
China · Economic shortage · Economy · Government (linguistics) · Military service · Political science · Service (business) · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Work (physics) · World War II · Engineering · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2022 (9) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |