The Manchu Way: The Eight Banners And Ethnic Identity In Late Imperial China

In 1644, the Manchus, a relatively unknown people inhabiting China's northeastern frontier, overthrew the Ming, Asia's mightiest rulers, and established the Qing dynasty, This book supplies a radically new perspective on the formative period of the modern Chinese nation.

• | By (Author): Mark C. Elliott
• | Publisher: Stanford University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 15, 2001
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 608 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0804746842
• | ISBN-13: 9780804746847