A translucent mirror : history and identity in Qing imperial ideology /

A translucent mirror : history and identity in Qing imperial ideology /

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In this landmark exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, Pamela Kyle Crossley traces the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing (1636-1912), incorporated neighboring, but disparate, political traditions into a distinctive style of emperorshi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crossley, Pamela Kyle (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999
Berkeley : [1999], ©1999
Berkeley : c1999
Berkeley : ©1999
Berkeley : [1999]
Subjects:
1644 - 1912
1644-1912
Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
Nationalism > China
Nationalism
Political science
Politics and government
China > Politics and government > 1644-1912
China > Politics and government > Chʻing dynasty, 1644-1912
China > Politics and government > Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
China
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I Great Wall
  • 1. Trial by Identity
  • 2. Character of Loyalty
  • Pt. II. Father's House
  • 3. Boundaries of Rule
  • 4. Empire and Identity
  • Pt. III. Celestial Pillar
  • 5. Wheel-Turning King
  • 6. Universal Prospect. Postscript: Race and Revolution at the End of the Empire.
  • Pt. I The Great Wall. 1. Trial by Identity. 2. The Character of Loyalty
  • Pt. II. The Father's House. 3. Boundaries of Rule. 4. Empire and Identity
  • Pt. III. The Celestial Pillar. 5. The Wheel-Turning King. 6. The Universal Prospect. Postscript: Race and Revolution at the End of the Empire.
  • Ideology, Rulership, and History
  • Conquest and the Blessing of the Past
  • Imperial Universalism and Circumscription of Identity
  • The Great Wall
  • Trial by Identity
  • A Discourse on Ancestry
  • Political Names in Nurgan
  • The Liaodongese
  • The Character of Loyalty
  • The Early Nikan Spectrum
  • Conquest and Distinctions
  • Personifications of Fidelity
  • The Father's House
  • Boundaries of Rule
  • Origins of the Khanship
  • The Collegial Impulse
  • The Reinvention of Treason
  • Empire and Identity
  • Subjugation and Equality
  • Generating Imperial Authority
  • Authenticity
  • Surpassing Limits
  • The Celestial Pillar
  • The Wheel-Turning King
  • The Center
  • Debating the Past
  • The Power of Speech
  • The Universal Prospect
  • The Banner Elites
  • Shady Pasts
  • Manchuness
  • Following Chinggis
  • The Empty Constituency
  • Postscript: Race and Revolution at the End of the Empire
  • Ideology, Rulership, and History 9
  • Conquest and the Blessing of the Past 29
  • Imperial Universalism and Circumscription of Identity 36
  • Part I The Great Wall 53
  • 1 Trial by Identity 57
  • A Discourse on Ancestry 58
  • Political Names in Nurgan 74
  • The Liaodongese 84
  • 2 The Character of Loyalty 89
  • The Early Nikan Spectrum 90
  • Conquest and Distinctions 99
  • Personifications of Fidelity 116
  • Part II The Father's House 129
  • 3 Boundaries of Rule 135
  • Origins of the Khanship 138
  • The Collegial Impulse 157
  • The Reinvention of Treason 167
  • 4 Empire and Identity 177
  • Subjugation and Equality 178
  • Generating Imperial Authority 185
  • Authenticity 192
  • Surpassing Limits 205
  • Part III The Celestial Pillar 217
  • 5 The Wheel-Turning King 223
  • The Center 224
  • Debating the Past 246
  • The Power of Speech 262
  • 6 The Universal Prospect 281
  • The Banner Elites 285
  • Shady Pasts 290
  • Manchuness 296
  • Following Chinggis 311
  • The Empty Constituency 327
  • Postscript: Race and Revolution at the End of the Empire 337

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