A01=Evelyn S. Rawski
asian history
assimilation
Author_Evelyn S. Rawski
Category=JHMC
Category=NHF
china
chinese culture
chinese empire
chinese history
chinese religion
conquest dynasty
court politics
east asia
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forbidden city
government
han
han chinese
history
imperial court
imperial palace
imperial power
imperial women
kinship
manchu
manchu control
manchu leadership
material culture
nonfiction
power
powerful women
qing dynasty
rite
ritual
royal court
shamanism
steppe history
tibetan buddhism
women in history
Product details
- ISBN 9780520228375
- Weight: 726g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 05 Feb 2001
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last and arguably the greatest 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 offers a bold new interpretation of the remarkable success of this dynasty, arguing that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture, as has previously been believed, but rather from an artful synthesis of Manchu leadership styles with Han Chinese policies.
Evelyn S. Rawski is University Professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh, coauthor of Chinese Society in the Eighteenth Century (1987), and coeditor of Harmony and Counterpoint: Ritual Music in Chinese Context (1996), Death Ritual in Late Imperial and Modern China (California, 1988), and Popular Culture in Late Imperial China (California, 1985).
