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Author Rhoads, Edward J. M.

Title Manchus & Han : ethnic relations and political power in late Qing and early republican China, 1861-1928 / Edward J.M. Rhoads.

Publication Info. Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (x, 394 pages) : illustrations, portraits.
Physical Medium polychrome.
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Series Studies on ethnic groups in China
Studies on ethnic groups in China.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-379) and index (pages 381-394).
Summary China's 1911-12 Revolution, which overthrew a two-thousand-year succession of dynasties, is thought of primarily as a change in governmental style, from imperial to republican, traditional to modern. But given that the dynasty that was overthrown - the Qing - was that of a minority ethnic group that had ruled China's Han majority for nearly three centuries, and that the revolutionaries were overwhelmingly Han, to what extent was the revolution not only anti-monarchical, but also anti-Manchu?Edward Rhoads explores this provocative and complicated question in Manchus and Han, analysing the evolution of the Manchus from a hereditary military caste (the "banner people") to a distinct ethnic group and then detailing the interplay and dialogue between the Manchu court and Han reformers that culminated in the dramatic changes of the early twentieth century. Manchus and Han is a pathbreaking study that will forever change the way historians of China view the events leading to the fall of the Qing dynasty. Likewise, it will clarify for ethnologists the unique origin of the Manchus as an occupational caste and their shifting relationship with the Han, from border people to rulers to ruled.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Illustrations ""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 / Separate and Unequal""; ""2 / Cixi and the "Peculiar Institution"""; ""3 / Zaifeng and the "Manchu Ascendency"""; ""4 / The 1911 Revolution""; ""5 / Court and Manchus after 1911""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
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Subject Manchus.
Manchus.
China -- Ethnic relations.
China.
Ethnic relations.
China -- History -- 1861-1912.
History.
Chronological Term 1861-1912
Subject China -- History -- 1912-1928.
Chronological Term 1912-1928
1861-1928
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Electronic books.
Added Title Manchus and Han
Other Form: Print version: Rhoads, Edward J.M. Manchus & Han. Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2000 (DLC) 00008470
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