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The Manchu way : the eight banners and ethnic identity in late imperial China

Elliott, Mark C.
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2001.

Bibliographic Information


Format: Book
Author: Elliott, Mark C.
Subject: Manchus
Publication Year:2001
Language:English
Published:Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2001.
ISBN:9780804746847
0804746842
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-550) and index.
Qing Reign Periods -- Introduction. The Problem with the Manchus -- Ethnic Sovereignty and Pax Manjurica -- The "Manchu Way," -- Manchu or Bannerman? -- Thinking Again About Ethnicity in Late Imperial China -- "Barbarians" and "Chinese": Competing Views of the Manchus in History -- Sinicization and the Manchus -- New Narratives -- Structures of Eight Banner Society -- The Eight Banners and the Origins of the Manchus -- What Was the Eight Banners? -- Myths of Manchu Origins -- Who Were the Jurchens? -- The Jianzhou Ascendancy -- Roots of Power: The Formation of the Eight Banners -- Roots of Identity: The Banners and the Manchu Nation Under Hong Taiji -- The Mongol and Chinese Banners -- Hierarchies of Ethnicity and Status in the Banners -- Manchu Cities: Tigers on the Mountain -- Garrisons Before the Conquest -- Outline of the Qing Occupation -- Manchu Apartheid and the Division of Beijing -- Manchu Cities in the Provinces -- Close Quarters -- The Idea of Occupation -- Garrison Dyarchy -- The Emperor's Men -- The Nature of the Banner Bureaucracy -- The Garrison General -- The Garrison Lieutenant General and Other Staff -- Relations with the Civil Bureaucracy -- Bannermen to the Rescue -- Rage and Praise: Letters to the Emperor -- Banner Administration and the Manchu Nation -- Patterns of Banner Life -- The Iron Rice Bowl of Banner Privilege -- At the Training Ground -- From Chase to Campaign -- Eating the Emperor's Rice -- A Privileged People -- Among the Nikan -- The Manchu-Han "Family" -- Family Quarrels.
Course: HIST311
HIST214

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English Book (5/F) 951.03 ELL 2001 Due Date:2026-01-07