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The last emperors : a social history of Qing imperial institutions / Evelyn S. Rawski.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1998.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 481 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520926790
  • 052092679X
  • 0585131864
  • 9780585131863
  • 9780520212893
  • 0520212894
Other title:
  • Social history of Qing imperial institutions
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Last emperors.DDC classification:
  • 951/.03 21
LOC classification:
  • DS754 .R38 1998eb
Online resources:
Contents:
List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part one: The material culture of the Qing Court ; 1. The court society -- Part two: The social organization of the Qing Court ; 2. The conquest elite and the imperial lineage ; 3. Sibling politics ; 4. Imperial women ; 5. Palace servants -- Part three: Qing court rituals ; 6. Rulership and ritual action in the Chinese realm ; 7. Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism at court ; 8. Private rituals -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Names of Qing emperors and the imperial ancestors -- Appendix 2. Imperial princely ranks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary-Index.
Summary: The Qing Dynasty was the last of the conquest dynasties to rule China. Its rulers, Manchus from the north, held power for three centuries despite major cultural and ideological differences with the Han majority. In this book, Evelyn Rawski re-interprets the remarkable success of this dynasty, arguing that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture but rather from an artful synthesis of Manchu leadership styles with Han Chinese policies.
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"Philip E. Lilienthal book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-442) and index.

List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part one: The material culture of the Qing Court ; 1. The court society -- Part two: The social organization of the Qing Court ; 2. The conquest elite and the imperial lineage ; 3. Sibling politics ; 4. Imperial women ; 5. Palace servants -- Part three: Qing court rituals ; 6. Rulership and ritual action in the Chinese realm ; 7. Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism at court ; 8. Private rituals -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Names of Qing emperors and the imperial ancestors -- Appendix 2. Imperial princely ranks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Glossary-Index.

The Qing Dynasty was the last of the conquest dynasties to rule China. Its rulers, Manchus from the north, held power for three centuries despite major cultural and ideological differences with the Han majority. In this book, Evelyn Rawski re-interprets the remarkable success of this dynasty, arguing that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture but rather from an artful synthesis of Manchu leadership styles with Han Chinese policies.

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