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Manchus & Han : ethnic relations and political power in late Qing and early republican China, 1861-1928
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: | Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2000 |
| Schriftenreihe: | Studies on ethnic groups in China
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| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (x, 394 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Gedruckte Ausgabe: | Erscheint auch als:
Rhoads, Edward J. M., 1938 - : Manchus and Han. - Seattle [u.a.] : Univ. of Washington Press, 2000. - X, 394 S
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| ISBN: | 0295804122 9780295804125 0295980400 9780295980409 0295997486 9780295997483 0295979380 9780295979380 0295804114 9780295804118 0295977884 9780295977881 0295978090 9780295978093 029598063X 9780295980638 9622095046 9789622095045 9882203795 9789882203792 |
| Anmerkungen: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-379) and index (p. 381-394) |
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| Zusammenfassung: | ""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"" 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 |