- List of illustrations
- List of tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part one: The material culture of the Qing Court ;
- 1. The court society
- Part two: The social organization of the Qing Court ;
- 2. The conquest elite and the imperial lineage ;
- 3. Sibling politics ;
- 4. Imperial women ;
- 5. Palace servants
- Part three: Qing court rituals ;
- 6. Rulership and ritual action in the Chinese realm ;
- 7. Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism at court ;
- 8. Private rituals
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1. Names of Qing emperors and the imperial ancestors
- Appendix 2. Imperial princely ranks
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Glossary-Index.
The Qing Dynasty was the last of the conquest dynasties to rule China. Its rulers, Manchus from the north, held power for three centuries despite major cultural and ideological differences with the Han majority. This text looks at the success of this dynasty and argues that it derived not from the assimilation of the dominant Chinese culture but from a synthesis of Manchu leadership styles with Han Chinese policies.
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