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Slaves of the emperor : service, privilege, and status in the Qing Eight Banners /

Slaves of the Emperor rethinks how state-making and empire-building were conducted in early modern Eurasia through a revisionist and comparative history of the Eight Banner military system of Qing China (1644-1912). The Qing dynasty, like many ruling families of its time, was faced with a challenge...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Porter, David C. (David Campbell) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2023].
Subjects:
Banner system.
China > History, Military > 1644-1912.
China > Social life and customs > 1644-1912.
Table of Contents:
  • The Qing Status System
  • Who Belonged in the Banners? The Makeup of the Service Elite
  • Duty, Service, and Status Performance
  • Privilege and State Support
  • A Female Service Elite: Status, Ethnicity, and Qing Banner Women
  • A Comparative History of Service Elites
  • Challenging the Service Elite Model
  • Expulsion, Resistance, and the Return of the Service Elite.