Banner Legacy: The Rise of the Fengtian Local Elite at the End of the Qing Volume 100

by Yoshiki Enatsu

Book Overview

The Eight Banners is increasingly recognized as a key institution of the Qing dynasty administration. In Banner Legacy, Professor Enatsu argues that at the end of the Qing, as this region was placed under civil administration, many Han bannermen in the newly created Fengtian Province came to local prominence, first as landlords, then as power elites--active participants in provincial politics--through the reforms of the late Qing and the early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938937007
• ISBN13: 9781938937002
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: U of M Center for Chinese Studies
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"