Table of Contents for Chinese Workers of the World

Chinese Workers of the World
Colonialism, Chinese Labor, and the Yunnan–Indochina Railway
Selda Altan

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1.French Imperialism and the Yunnan–Indochina Railway

2.An Attempted Civil Conquest of Yunnan's Mines and Muslim Communities

3.Navigating the Chinese Labor Market for Coolies, 1903–1907

4.Dominating the Laboring Body: French Medicine and Jurisdiction in Yunnan

5.Yunnan's Path to Nationhood: Railways, Labor, and Nationalism

6.Nationalist Activism and the Completion of the Railway

Epilogue

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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