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Making extensive use of Chinese, Japanese, Manchu, and Western sources, the author adopts a historical multifaceted approach to explore the various forcesâgeography; economics; frontier contacts; political and social institutions; language, literature, and art; religion and Confucianismâthat made possible the Manchu adoption of Chinese ways of life.
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Yes, you can access Reorienting the Manchus by Pei Huang in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Chinese History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Publisher
Cornell East Asia SeriesYear
2011Print ISBN
9781933947525, 9781933947228eBook ISBN
9781933947921Table of contents
- i Half Title Page
- iii Title Page
- iv Copyright Page
- v Contents
- ix List of Qing Reign Periods
- xi List of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches
- xiii List of Illustrations and Translated Poems
- xv List of Maps and Tables
- xvii Explanatory Note
- xxi Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter1 Ancestry and Ethnic Composition of the Manchus
- Chapter2 Founding of the Qing Dynasty
- Chapter3 Economic Forces
- Chapter4 Frontiersmen and Transfrontiersmen
- Chapter5 Rise of Administrative & Legal Institutions
- Chapter6 Transformation of Social Institutions
- Chapter7 Manchu Language and Literature
- Chapter8 Architecture, Religion & Confucianism
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index