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The Manchus / Pamela Kyle Crossley.

By: Series: Peoples of AsiaPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1997.Description: xv, 239 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 1557865604
  • 9781557865601
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951.03 21
LOC classification:
  • DS731.M35 C75 1997
Contents:
The paradox of the Manchus -- Shamans and "clans": the origins of the Manchus -- The enigma of Nurgaci -- The Qing expansion -- The gilded age of Qianlong -- The lingering death of the empire -- Epilogue: the Manchus in the twentieth century.
Summary: The Manchus looks at the development of this ethnic group from its achievements as ruler of its own people to ruler of all China and now, in the 1990s its resurgence after the downfall of the last Manchu Emperor in 1912.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks DS731.M35 C75 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available TBC00002706
Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks DS731.M35 C75 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.2 Available TBC00004062

Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-232) and index.

The paradox of the Manchus -- Shamans and "clans": the origins of the Manchus -- The enigma of Nurgaci -- The Qing expansion -- The gilded age of Qianlong -- The lingering death of the empire -- Epilogue: the Manchus in the twentieth century.

The Manchus looks at the development of this ethnic group from its achievements as ruler of its own people to ruler of all China and now, in the 1990s its resurgence after the downfall of the last Manchu Emperor in 1912.

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