Title: Reorienting the Manchus : a study of sinicization, 1583-1795 /
Authors: Huang, Pei, 1928-
Publisher: East Asia Program, Cornell University,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Manchus Ethnic identity History; Manchus Ethnic identity History; Sinicization; China History
Abstract: "Making extensive use of Chinese, Japanese, Manchu, and Western sources, the author adopts a historical multifaceted approach to explore the various forces geography, economics, frontier contacts, political and social institutions; language, literature and art; religion and Confucianism that made possible the Manchu adoption of Chinese ways of life."--Publisher's description.
Contents: Introduction -- The ancestry and ethnic composition of the Manchus -- The founding of the Qing dynasty -- Economic forces -- Frontiersmen and transfrontiersmen -- The rise of administrative and legal institutions -- Transformation of social institutions -- Manchu language and literature -- Architecture, religion, and Confucianism.