Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 394 pages)
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illustrations, portraits
ISBN:
0295804122
,
0295980400
,
0295997486
,
0295979380
,
0295804114
,
0295977884
,
0295978090
,
029598063X
,
9780295804125
,
9780295997483
,
9780295980409
,
9780295980409
,
9622095046
,
9882203795
Series Statement:
Studies on ethnic groups in China
Content:
""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""
Content:
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)
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Rhoads, Edward J. M., 1938 - Manchus and Han Seattle [u.a.] : Univ. of Washington Press, 2000 ISBN 0295979380
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0295980400
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
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Law
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Ethnology
Keywords:
China
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Geschichte 1861-1928
;
Macht
;
Ethnische Gruppe
;
Mandschu
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