A Translucent Mirror: History and Identity in Qing Imperial Ideology

by Pamela Kyle Crossley

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In this landmark exploration of the origins of nationalism and cultural identity in China, Pamela Kyle Crossley traces the ways in which a large, early modern empire of Eurasia, the Qing (1636-1912), incorporated neighboring, but disparate, political traditions into a new style of emperorship. Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, including Manchu, Korean, and Chinese archival materials, Crossley argues that distortions introduced in seventeenth-...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520234243

ISBN13:9780520234246

Release Date:April 2002

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:417 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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