Slaves of the emperor service, privilege, and status in the Qing Eight Banners

"Slaves of the Emperor rethinks how state-making and empire-building were conducted in early modern Eurasia through a revisionist and comparative history of the Eight Banner military system of Qing China (1644-1912). The Qing dynasty, like many ruling families of its time, was faced with a chal...

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Otros Autores: Porter, David C. autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press [2024]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Qing Status System
  • Who Belonged in the Banners? The Makeup of the Service Elite
  • Duty, Service, and Status Performance
  • Privilege and State Support
  • A Female Service Elite: Status, Ethnicity, and Qing Banner Women
  • A Comparative History of Service Elites
  • Challenging the Service Elite Model
  • Expulsion, Resistance, and the Return of the Service Elite.