Book
The Manchu way: the eight banners and ethnic identity in late imperial China
Stanford University Press • Stanford, Ca • Published In 2001 • Pages:
By: Elliott, Mark C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this is approach to Manchu statecraft, the author emphasizes for the importance of ethnic identity in Manchu rule. Manchu sovereignty was predicated on ethnic difference and uniqueness. However, the expense of maintaining a distinct Manchu warrior caste (the banners) became more and more costly as the dynasty wore on, both in the garrison outposts around the empire, but also in the Manchu homeland. The author examines garrison life and the decay in the martial spirit of the Manchu soldier, on which Manchu ethnic distinctiveness was based. Elliot discuses how the regime attempted to revitalize the "Manchu Way" though an ethnic cleansing of the ranks, even though Han Chinese had been part of the banner system since conquest times.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Cultural identity and pride
- Real property
- Ethnic stratification
- Form and rules of government
- Military organization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Manchu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2012
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1400-1912
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- China
- NotesAdditional notes
- Mark C. Elliott
- Portion of title: Eight banners and ethnic identity in late imperial China
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 511-550) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 00064087
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Manchus--Ethnic identity--History--17th century
- Manchus--Ethnic identity--History--18th century