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Author Rawski, Evelyn Sakakida

Title The last emperors : a social history of Qing imperial institutions / Evelyn S. Rawski
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 481 pages) : illustrations, maps
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
Notes "Philip E. Lilienthal book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-442) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Rites and ceremonies -- China
Political culture -- China
HISTORY.
Courts and courtiers
Kings and rulers
Political culture
Qing Dynasty (China)
Rites and ceremonies
Hofcultuur.
Tjʹing-dynastie.
SUBJECT China -- History -- Qing dynasty, 1644-1912. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024078
China -- Kings and rulers. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024149
China -- Court and courtiers
Subject China
China.
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520926790
052092679X
9780585131863
0585131864
Other Titles Social history of Qing imperial institutions