This is the first book-length study of the roles played by the Manchu language at the center of the Qing empire at the height of its power in the eighteenth cen
This study of the roles played by the Manchu language in the Qing empire at the height of its power presents a revisionist account of Manchu not as a language i
"This accessible account describes the personal struggles and public drama surrounding one of the major political figures of the early modern age, with special
In the second half of the nineteenth century, local leaders around the Qing empire attempted to rebuild in the aftermath of domestic rebellion and imperialist a
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