Publication

1998 - University of California Press, Berkeley, California

Language

English

Word Count

120,250 words, Guess

Page Count

481 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100520212894
  • ISBN-139780520212893
  • Library of Congress Control Number97038792
  • OCLC Control Number43476703
  • Better World Books9780520212893
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Classifications

  • DDC951/.03
  • LCCDS754 .R38 1998
  • LCCDS754 .R38 1998eb

Alternate Titles

  • Social history of Qing imperial institutions

Description

The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last and arguably the greatest of the conquest dynasties to rule China. Its rulers, Manchus from the northeast, held power for three centuries despite major cultural and ideological differences from the Han majority. In this book, Evelyn Rawski offers a bold new interpretation of the remarkable success of this dynasty, and argues that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture, as has previously been believed, but from an artful synthesis of Manchu leadership styles and Han Chinese policies.

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