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Zusatztext "This book is the most interesting history ever written of the Manchus in Chinese life! and one of the most important contributions to Qing studies in the last decade. . . . It is engagingly! even elegantly written! with enviable clarity and nice touches of ironic humor." Informationen zum Autor Mark C. Elliott is Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History at Harvard University. Klappentext "This book is the most interesting history ever written of the Manchus in Chinese life, and one of the most important contributions to Qing studies in the last decade. . . . It is engagingly, even elegantly written, with enviable clarity and nice touches of ironic humor."--Timothy Brook, University of Toronto "[The Manchu Way] will be important reading not only for all historians of China but for all students of the history of the early modern world. Formidable in its learning, it is very lucidly written, makes its arguments clearly, and is full of vivid descriptions and quotations."--American Historical Review Zusammenfassung 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.
