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The Coolie's Great War : Indian labour in a global conflict, 1914-1921 /

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"Though largely invisible in histories of World War one, over 550,000 men in the ranks of the Indian Army were followers or non-combatants. From porters and construction workers in the ‘Coolie Corps', to ‘menial' servants and those who maintained supply lines and removed the wounded f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Singha, Radhika (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Hurst & Company, 2020.
Subjects:
India. > Army. > Labour Corps > History.
World War, 1914-1918 > India.
World War, 1914-1918 > War work > India.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Inde.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Participation des civils > Inde.
East Indians.
War work.
India.
1914-1918
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Indian labour and the geographies of the Great War
  • Front lines and status lines: the follower ranks of the Indian Army
  • Making the desert bloom?: The Indian Labour and Porter Corps in Iraq, 1916-21
  • The recruiter's eye on the 'primitive': those who went to the Great War and those who wouldn't
  • The short career of the Indian Labour Corps in France: experiences and representations
  • The ends of war: homecoming for the Indian soldier and follower, 1914-21
  • Afterword: labour inside and outside the army.