Reorienting the Manchus : a study of sinicization, 1583-1795 /
"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 ma...
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| Format: | eBook Electronic |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Ithaca, N.Y. : East Asia Program, Cornell University, 2011. |
| Series: | Cornell East Asia series ;
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| Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The ancestry and ethnic composition of the Manchus
- The founding of the Qing dynasty
- Economic forces
- Frontiersmen and transfrontiersmen
- The rise of administrative and legal institutions
- Transformation of social institutions
- Manchu language and literature
- Architecture, religion, and Confucianism.