Slaves of the Emperor : Service, Privilege, and Status in the Qing Eight Banners /

China's last imperial dynasty governed a vast and culturally diverse territory, encompassing a wide range of local political systems and regional elites. But the Qing empire was built and held together by a single imperial elite: the more than two million members of the hereditary Eight Banner...

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Hlavní autor: Porter, David C. (Autor)
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2023]
2023
Témata:
Banner system
Banner system.
HISTORY / Asia / China.
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ISBN:9780231559553 (online)
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Obsah:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Qing Status System
  • 2. Who Belonged in the Banners? The Makeup of the Qing Service Elite
  • 3. Duty, Service, and Status Performance
  • 4. Privilege and State Support
  • 5. A Female Service Elite: Status, Ethnicity, and Qing Bannerwomen
  • 6. A Comparative History of Service Elites
  • 7. Challenging the Service Elite Model
  • 8. Expulsion, Resistance, and the Return of the Service Elite
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Reign Names, Dates, and Abbreviations
  • Source Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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