Slaves of the Emperor - Service, Privilege, and Status in the Qing Eight Banners

David C. Porter traces how the hereditary Eight Banner system created a service elite, exploring the Qing approach to one of the fundamental challenges of early modern state-building.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Qing Status System
2. Who Belonged in the Banners? The Makeup of the Qing Service Elite
3. Duty, Service, and Status Performance
4. Privilege and State Support
5. A Female Service Elite: Status, Ethnicity, and Qing Bannerwomen
6. A Comparative History of Service Elites
7. Challenging the Service Elite Model
8. Expulsion, Resistance, and the Return of the Service Elite
Conclusion
Appendix: Reign Names, Dates, and Abbreviations
Source Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

David C. Porter is faculty lecturer in history and East Asian studies at McGill University.

Summary

David C. Porter traces how the hereditary Eight Banner system created a service elite, exploring the Qing approach to one of the fundamental challenges of early modern state-building.

Product details

• Authors: David C. Porter
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2023
• EAN: 9780231212762
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21276-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, History, HISTORY / Asia / China, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Asian History, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, C 1600 To C 1700