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Reorienting the Manchus : A Study of Sinicization, 1583-1795 / Pei Huang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huang, Pei, 1928- author.
- Series:
- Cornell East Asia Series ; 152
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manchus--Ethnic identity--History--17th century.
- Manchus.
- China--History--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (400 p.)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University East Asia Program, [2011]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Making extensive use of Chinese, Japanese, Manchu, and Western sources, the author adopts a historical multifaceted approach to explore the various forces-geography; economics; frontier contacts; political and social institutions; language, literature, and art; religion and Confucianism-that made possible the Manchu adoption of Chinese ways of life.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Qing Reign Periods
- List of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
- List of Illustrations and Translated Poems
- List of Maps and Tables
- Explanatory Note
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter I The Ancestry and Ethnic Composition of the Manchus
- Chapter II The Founding of the Qing Dynasty
- Chapter III Economic Forces
- Chapter IV Frontiersmen and Transfrontiersmen
- Chapter V The Rise of Administrative and Legal Institutions
- Chapter VI Transformation of Social Institutions
- Chapter VII Manchu Language and Literature
- Chapter VIII Architecture, Religion, and Confucianism
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781933947921
- 1933947926
- OCLC:
- 868223052
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