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Tables of Contents for The Manchus
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
ix
xi
Preface
xiii
The Paradox of the Manchus
1
13
Ethnicity and Causation in the ``Manchu'' Dynasty
4
4
The Qing Empire as a Historical Idea
8
2
New Windows on Qing History
10
4
Shamans and ``Clans'': The Origins of the Manchus
14
33
Prelude to the Manchus
15
9
Distinctive Manchu Institutions
24
9
The Manchu Language and the Altaic Idea
33
6
The Ethnographer from Seoul: Sin Chung-il among the Jurchens
39
8
The Enigma of Nurgaci
47
28
The Myth of the Avenger
48
5
The Myth of Individual Supremacy
53
12
The Myth of the Great Enterprise
65
6
The Nurgaci State
71
4
The Qing Expansion
75
34
The Birth of the Empire
78
3
The Conquest Elite
81
6
Consolidation under the Kangxi Emperor
87
8
New Conquerors and Old: The Manchus and the Mongols
95
6
Titanic Competitors: The Qing and the Romanov Empires
101
3
World Trade and the Qing Court
104
5
The Gilded Age of Qianlong
109
41
The New Imperial Style
112
5
Tibet and Mongolia under Qing Dominion
117
5
The Formalization of the Manchu Heritage
122
8
Glory and Decay in the Universal Empire
130
7
The Fall of the Philosopher-King
137
13
The Lingering Death of the Empire
150
39
The Princes of Disorder
151
3
Opium and Foreign Privilege
154
3
The Taiping War and the End of the Qing Empire
157
8
Qing Territory and Hungry Empires
165
4
Illusions of Revival
169
8
The Pregnant Carcasses of the Eurasian Land Empires
177
12
Epilogue: The Manchus in the Twentieth Century
189
13
Appendix I Reign Periods of the Aisin Gioro Rulers
202
1
Appendix II Cherished Soldiers
203
3
Appendix III A Glossary of Names and Terms
206
10
Notes
216
4
Bibligraphy
220
13
Index
233