New Qing Imperial History

The Making of Inner Asian Empire at Qing Chengde

Ruth W. Dunnell, Mark C. Elliott, Philippe Foret, James A Millward (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

266 Seiten

2011
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-51118-6 (ISBN)

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Well-known authors use the Manchu summer capital of Chengde and associated architecture, art and ritual activity as the focus for an exploration of the importance of Inner Asia and Tibet to the Qing Empire (1636-1911).

New Qing Imperial History uses the Manchu summer capital of Chengde and associated architecture, art and ritual activity as the focus for an exploration of the importance of Inner Asia and Tibet to the Qing Empire (1636-1911). Well-known contributors argue that the Qing was not simply another Chinese dynasty, but was deeply engaged in Inner Asia not only militarily, but culturally, politically and ideologically.

Emphasizing the diverse range of peoples in the Qing empire, this book analyzes the importance to Chinese history of Manchu relations with Tibetan prelates, Mongolian chieftains, and the Turkic elites of Xinjiang. In offering a new appreciation of a culturally and politically complex period, the authors discuss the nature and representation of emperorship, especially under Qianlong (r. 1736-1795), and examine the role of ritual in relations with Inner Asia, including the vaunted (but overrated) tribute system.

By using a specific artifact or text as a starting point for analysis in each chapter, the contributors not only include material previously unavailable in English but allow the reader an intimate knowledge of life at Chengde and its significance to the Qing period as a whole.

James A. Millward is Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University, USA. Ruth W. Dunnell is James Storer Associate Professor of History at Kenyon College, Ohio, USA. Mark C. Elliott is Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History, Harvard University, USA. Philippe Forêt is a Research Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation, and an Associate Researcher at both the Institute of Cartography of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich, and the Space and Culture Laboratory of Paris IV Sorbonne University, France.

Part 1: Chengde as Inner Asian Capital Part 2: Rituals of Empire Part 3: The Emperor's Many Faces Part 4: Voices from Chengde

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.12.2011
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	600 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-415-51118-6 / 0415511186
ISBN-13	978-0-415-51118-6 / 9780415511186
Zustand	Neuware