The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China - Softcover

Elliott, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804746842 ISBN 13: 9780804746847

Verlag: Stanford University Press, 2001

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"This book is the most interesting history ever written of the Manchus in Chinese life, and one of the most important contributions to Qing studies in the last decade. . . . It is engagingly, even elegantly written, with enviable clarity and nice touches of ironic humor." -- Timothy Brook * University of Toronto * "This is a wide-ranging and innovative book. Furthermore, it is written in a lively, accessible style . . . .It will also be stimulating for readers interested in ethnicity, identity, and the creation of empires. Overall, it is undoubtedly a scholarly achievement of the highest order." -- History Today "[The Manchu Way] will be important reading not only for all historians of China but for all students of the history of the early modern world. Formidable in its learning, it is very lucidly written, makes its arguments clearly, and is full of vivid descriptions and quotations." -- American Historical Review "The current volume, an expansion and recasting of the dissertation, contributes to the ongoing shift in our understanding of the Qing period by providing much-needed empirical grounding as well as valuable new insights. [Mark Elliot's] book serves simultaneously as historical ethnography, institutional history, and an essay on the role of ethnicity in Qing history." -- Harvard Review of Asiatic Studies "By examining the details of garrison life, using extensive archival materials written only in Manchu, Elliot draws an insiders' picture of their world. . . . Elliot offers a rich fund of material and a new and powerful argument that is vital reading for anyone interested in the transition from empire to nation around the world." -- The Journal of Interdisciplinary History

Reseña del editor:

How did the Manchus, a barely literate alien people, manage to achieve and maintain power for nearly 300 years over a highly cultured population that was vastly superior in number? Until this book, the first in any language to be based mainly on Manchu documents, no one has approached this problem from the Manchu point of view. It presents a radically new perspective on the formative period of the modern Chinese state.

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• Verlag: Stanford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0804746842
• ISBN 13: 9780804746847
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 608