This book relates the history of the Manchus, the rise and fall of their vast empire and their legacy today.
About the Author
Pamela Kyle Crossley's most recent study, A Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology (1999) was awarded the Levenson Prize by the Association for Asian Studies. She is a past fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and presently is Professor of History at Dartmouth College (New Hampshire, USA).
Features
A history from the origins of the Manchus to the murder of the former last Manchu emperor by the guards of the people who ruled China from 1685 to 1912
Explains how the Manchus achieved their empire and what the consequences were for themselves and their subjects.
Based on the author's unrivalled knowledge of primary sources in Manchu, Mongolian, Russian, Chinese, Kitan, Fench and Japanese.
Concludes by examining the fate of the contemporary Manchu minority in China and considers the signs of a resurgence of ethnic identity.
