ISBN:
0295804122
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0295980400
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0295997486
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0295979380
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0295804114
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0295977884
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0295978090
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029598063X
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9780295804125
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9780295997483
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9780295980409
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9780295980409
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9622095046
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9882203795
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 394 pages)
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illustrations, portraits
Series Statement:
Studies on ethnic groups in China
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Rhoads, Edward J. M., 1938 - Manchus and Han
DDC:
951/.035
Keywords:
Manchus
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Ethnic relations
;
China
;
Manchus
;
History
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HISTORY ; Asia ; China
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China History 1861-1912
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China History 1912-1928
;
China Ethnic relations
;
China
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Geschichte 1861-1928
;
Macht
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Ethnische Gruppe
;
Mandschu
Abstract:
""Contents""; ""Illustrations ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 / Separate and Unequal""; ""2 / Cixi and the "Peculiar Institution"""; ""3 / Zaifeng and the "Manchu Ascendency"""; ""4 / The 1911 Revolution""; ""5 / Court and Manchus after 1911""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Abstract:
China's 1911-12 Revolution, which overthrew a two-thousand-year succession of dynasties, is thought of primarily as a change in governmental style, from imperial to republican, traditional to modern. But given that the dynasty that was overthrown - the Qing - was that of a minority ethnic group that had ruled China's Han majority for nearly three centuries, and that the revolutionaries were overwhelmingly Han, to what extent was the revolution not only anti-monarchical, but also anti-Manchu?Edward Rhoads explores this provocative and complicated question in Manchus and Han, analysing the evolution of the Manchus from a hereditary military caste (the "banner people") to a distinct ethnic group and then detailing the interplay and dialogue between the Manchu court and Han reformers that culminated in the dramatic changes of the early twentieth century. Manchus and Han is a pathbreaking study that will forever change the way historians of China view the events leading to the fall of the Qing dynasty. Likewise, it will clarify for ethnologists the unique origin of the Manchus as an
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-379) and index (p. 381-394)
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