Pt. I. The Great Wall. 1. Trial by Identity. 2. The Character of Loyalty -- Pt. II. The Father's House. 3. Boundaries of Rule. 4. Empire and Identity -- Pt. III. The Celestial Pillar. 5. The Wheel-Turning King. 6. The Universal Prospect -- Postscript: Race and Revolution at the End of the Empire
Summary
"In this exploration of the origins of nationalism and concepts of racial identity in China, Pamela Kyle Crossley traces the shifting ideologies of a large, early modern land-based empire, the Qing (1636-1912). Drawing on a wide variety of primary sources, Crossley argues that motifs introduced under the Qing in the eighteenth century - part of the crystallizing categories of identity that the Qing themselves promoted - continue to distort the modern understanding of Qing origins. What has often been repudiated by nationalist foes of empire, it turns out, is frequently itself a creation of empire."--BOOK JACKET