Intro -- Ethnic Chrysalis: China's Orochen People and the Legacy of Qing Borderland Administration -- Contents -- List of Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Conventions for Transliteration, Dates, and Measurements -- Personnel Ranks and Units in the Qing Military and Civil Bureaucracies -- Introduction -- 1. From Tribe to Banner, Domain to Region -- 2. The Heilongjiang Administrative Region -- 3. Multipurpose Specialists -- 4. The Finale of the Frontier -- 5. Region, Heritage, and Belonging -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
"Details the early modern history of the Orochen, an ethnic group that has for centuries inhabited areas along the China-Russia borderland. Traces the evolution of Qing policies toward the Orochen and examines how the impact of political organization in one era endures in the group's social and cultural values" ... Provided by publisher
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Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-320) and index
