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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. The author knows his subject well and conveys that authority in his writing. Not only that, the book is engagingly, even elegantly written, with enviable clarity and nice touches of ironic humor.' Timothy Brook, University of Toronto
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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
“[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
“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
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The Eight Banners, "the most famous of all Manchu institutions," began as an umbrella organization overseeing the mobilization of Qing military forces and the management of the many different populations associated with those forces in the forty-odd years leading up to the 1644 Qing conquest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
baqi zhufang, baqi zidi, capital bannermen, garrison bannermen, bondservant companies, entailed households, amba janggin, lishi tongzhi, banner bureaucracy, banner households, banner affairs, banner elevation, mulan weichang, banner hierarchy, jiapu xuanbian, eight banners, other bannermen, bondservant company, garrison lieutenant general, banner garrisons, huangzu renkou xingwei, ujen cooha, ordinary bannermen, banner system, banner population Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Han Chinese, Green Standard, Hong Taiji, Latter Jin, Inner City, Imperial Household Department, Plain Yellow Banner, Upper Three Banners, Great Wall, Jianzhou Jurchens, New Year, Aisin Gioro, Board of Revenue, Haixi Jurchens, Six Boards, Board of War, Grand Council, Beijing's Manchus, Board of Punishments, Changbai Mountains, Chinese Way, Chinggis Khan, Hetu Ala, Imperial Clan Court, Lord Macartney New!
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The Eight Banners, "the most famous of all Manchu institutions," began as an umbrella organization overseeing the mobilization of Qing military forces and the management of the many different populations associated with those forces in the forty-odd years leading up to the 1644 Qing conquest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
baqi zhufang, baqi zidi, capital bannermen, garrison bannermen, bondservant companies, entailed households, amba janggin, lishi tongzhi, banner bureaucracy, banner households, banner affairs, banner elevation, mulan weichang, banner hierarchy, jiapu xuanbian, eight banners, other bannermen, bondservant company, garrison lieutenant general, banner garrisons, huangzu renkou xingwei, ujen cooha, ordinary bannermen, banner system, banner population Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Han Chinese, Green Standard, Hong Taiji, Latter Jin, Inner City, Imperial Household Department, Plain Yellow Banner, Upper Three Banners, Great Wall, Jianzhou Jurchens, New Year, Aisin Gioro, Board of Revenue, Haixi Jurchens, Six Boards, Board of War, Grand Council, Beijing's Manchus, Board of Punishments, Changbai Mountains, Chinese Way, Chinggis Khan, Hetu Ala, Imperial Clan Court, Lord Macartney New!
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- Orphan Warriors: Three Manchu Generations and the End of the Qing World by Pamela Kyle Crossley on 15 pages
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- The City in Late Imperial China (Studies in Chinese society) by William Skinner on 9 pages
- Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives (Anthropology, Culture and Society) by Thomas Hylland Eriksen on 5 pages
- The Inner Opium War (Harvard East Asian Monographs) by James Polachek on 4 pages
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- A Bitter Revolution: China's Struggle with the Modern World by Rana Mitter in Back Matter
- The Making of the Chinese State: Ethnicity and Expansion on the Ming Borderlands by Leo K. Shin in Back Matter
- China in War and Revolution, 1895-1949 (Asia's Transformations) by Peter Zarrow in Back Matter
- Under Confucian Eyes: Writings on Gender in Chinese History by Susan Mann in Back Matter
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