The Manchu Way: The 8 Banners and Ethnic Identity in Late Imperial China

By Mark Elliott and Mark C. Elliott

Book Overview

In 1644, the Manchus, a relatively unknown people inhabiting China's rude northeastern frontier, overthrew the Ming, Asia's mightiest rulers, and established the Qing dynasty, which endured to 1912.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804736065
• ISBN13: 9780804736060
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr
• Length: 580 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.5" x 6.3"