A careful reconstruction of the emergence of Manchu identity that will compel a complete revision of the Western understanding of Chinese conceptions of emperorship and nationhood in both the late imperial and modern eras.
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A careful reconstruction of the emergence of Manchu identity that will compel a complete revision of the Western understanding of Chinese conceptions of emperorship and nationhood in both the late imperial and modern eras.
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Textual maps. Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. 23x15cm, xiv, 403 pp. Contents: Introduction: Ideology, Rulership, & History; Conquest & the Blessing of the Past; Imperial Universalism & Circumscription of Identity; The Great Wall: Trial by Identity: A Discourse on Ancestry; Political Names in Nurgan; The Liaodongese; The Character of Loyalty: The Early Nikan Spectrum; Conquest & Distinctions; Personifications of Fidelity; The Father's House: Boundaries of Rule: Origins of the Khanship; The Collegial Impulse; The Reinvention of Treason; Empire & Identity: Subjugation & Equality; Generating Imperial Authority; Authenticity; Surpassing Limits; The Celestial Pillar: The Wheel-Turning King; The Center; Debating the Past; The Power of Speech; The University Prospect: The Banner Elites; Shady Pasts; Manchuness; Following Chinggis; The Empty Constituency: Postscript: Race & Revolution at the End of the Empire.