Machine generated contents note: 1.Theme and Approach -- 2.Contents and Sources -- ch. I The Ancestry and Ethnic Composition of the Manchus -- 1.Manchuria: Its Geography and Early Inhabitants -- 2.The Role of the Jurchens -- 3.Components -- ch. II The Founding of the Qing Dynasty -- 1.The Rise of Nurhaci -- 2.Hong Taiji's Leadership -- 3.Takeover -- ch. III Economic Forces -- 1.The Influence of Geography -- 2.The Agricultural Effect -- 3.Frontier Markets -- 4.Tributary Relations -- ch. IV Frontiersmen and Transfrontiersmen -- 1.Frontier Society of Liaodong -- 2.Frontiersmen -- 3.Transfrontiersmen -- ch. V The Rise of Administrative and Legal Institutions -- 1.Administrative Machinery -- 2.Legal Institutions -- ch. VI Transformation of Social Institutions -- 1.Changes in the Family and Customs -- 2.Decline of Manchu Martial Values -- ch. VII Manchu Language and Literature -- 1.Language -- 2.Literature -- ch. VIII Architecture, Religion, and Confucianism -- 1.Architecture --
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-361) and index
