David C. Porter

Slaves of the Emperor

Service, Privilege, and Status in the Qing Eight Banners

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Dezember 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 160mm x 238mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 652g
• ISBN-13: 9780231212762
• ISBN-10: 0231212763
• Artikelnr.: 69073385

Autorenporträt

David C. Porter

Inhaltsangabe

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