The Coolie's Great War : Indian labour in a global conflict, 1914-1921 /
Singha, Radhika,
The Coolie's Great War : Indian labour in a global conflict, 1914-1921 / Radhika Singha. - 1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Previously issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Though largely invisible in histories of the First World War, over 550,000 men in the ranks of the Indian army were non-combatants. From the porters, stevedores and construction workers in the Coolie Corps to those who maintained supply lines and removed the wounded from the battlefield, Radhika Singha recovers the story of this unacknowledged service.
Specialized.
9780197554562 (ebook) : No price
India. Army. Labour Corps --History.
World War, 1914-1918--India.
World War, 1914-1918--War work--India.
World War, 1914-1918--East Indians.
D547.I5
940.41254
The Coolie's Great War : Indian labour in a global conflict, 1914-1921 / Radhika Singha. - 1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations (black and white). - Oxford scholarship online . - Oxford scholarship online. .
Previously issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Though largely invisible in histories of the First World War, over 550,000 men in the ranks of the Indian army were non-combatants. From the porters, stevedores and construction workers in the Coolie Corps to those who maintained supply lines and removed the wounded from the battlefield, Radhika Singha recovers the story of this unacknowledged service.
Specialized.
9780197554562 (ebook) : No price
India. Army. Labour Corps --History.
World War, 1914-1918--India.
World War, 1914-1918--War work--India.
World War, 1914-1918--East Indians.
D547.I5
940.41254