Format:
Online-Ressource (x, 378 p)
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maps
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0520230159
Series Statement:
Studies on China 28
Content:
Focusing on the Ming (1368-1644) and (especially) the Qing (1364-1912) eras, this book analyzes crucial moments in the formation of cultural, regional, and religious identities. The contributors examine the role of the state in a variety of environments on China's "peripheries," paying attention to shifts in law, trade, social stratification, and cultural dialogue. They find that local communities were critical participants in the shaping of their own identities and consciousness as well as the character and behavior of the state. At certain times the state was institutionally definitive, but
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-346) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Notes to Readers; Introduction; Part I. Identity At the Heart of Empire; 1. Ethnicity in the Qing Eight Banners. Mark C. Elliott; 2. Making Mongols. Pamela Kyle Crossley; 3. "A Fierce and Brutal People": On Islam and Muslims in Qing Law. Jonathan N. Lipman; Part II: Narrative Wars At the New Frontiers; 4. The Qing and Islam on the Western Frontier. James A. Millward and Laura J. Newby; 5. The Cant of Conquest: Tusi Offices and China's Political Incorporation of the Southwest Frontier. John E. Herman; Part III. Old Contests of the South and Southwest
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6. The Yao Wars in the Mid-Ming and their Impact on Yao Ethnicity. David Faure7. Ethnicity and the Miao Frontier in the Eighteenth Century. Donald S. Sutton; 8. Ethnicity, Conflict, and the State in the Early to Mid-Qing: The Hainan Highlands, 1644-1800. Anne Csete; Part IV. Uncharted Boundaries; 9. Ethnic Labels in a Mountainous Region: The Case of She "Bandits". Wing-hoi Chan; 10. Lineage, Market, Pirate, and Dan: Ethnicity in the Pearl River Delta of South China. Helen F. Siu and Liu Zhiwei; Conclusion; Notes On Contributors; Bibliography; Glossary of Characters; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780520230156
Additional Edition:
Print version Empire at the Margins : Culture, Ethnicity, and Frontier in Early Modern China
Language:
English
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