| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge studies in the early history of Asia ; 4 |
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Routledge studies in the early history of Asia ; 4.
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| Contents |
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 DIARY OF MY SERVICE IN THE ARMY BY DZENGSEO; 2 MANCHU TEXT; APPENDIX: MILITARY RANKS USED IN THE TRANSLATION; GLOSSARY; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX TO THE TRANSLATION |
| Summary |
Providing original insights into Chinese military history, Nicola Di Cosmo gives an annotated translation of the only known military diary in pre-modern Chinese history, providing fresh and extensive information on the inner workings of the Ch'ing army. The personal experience of the author, a young Manchu officer fighting in inhospitable South-Western China, take us close to the 'face of the battle' in seventeenth-century China, and enriches our general knowledge of military history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Mongols -- History -- Sources
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Mongols.
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China -- History -- Rebellion of the Three Feudatories, 1673-1681 -- Sources
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China.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Sources.
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Tagebuch.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Di Cosmo, Nicola, 1957-
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| ISBN |
020396649X |
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9780203966495 |
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