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New Qing Imperial History The Making of Inner Asian Empire at Qing Chengde
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Routledge
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Routledge
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Routledge
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New Qing Imperial History uses the Manchu summer capital of Chengde and associated architecture, art and ritual activity as the focus for an exploration of the importance of Inner Asia and Tibet to the Qing Empire (1636-1911). Well-known contributors argue that the Qing was not simply another Chinese dynasty, but was deeply engaged in Inner Asia not only militarily, but culturally,... Read more
Part 1: Chengde as Inner Asian Capital Part 2: Rituals of Empire Part 3: The Emperor's Many Faces Part 4: Voices from Chengde
Biography
James A. Millward is Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University, USA.
Ruth W. Dunnell is James Storer Associate Professor of History at Kenyon College, Ohio, USA.
Mark C. Elliott is Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History, Harvard University, USA.
Philippe Forêt is a Research Fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation, and an Associate Researcher at both the Institute of Cartography of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich, and the Space and Culture Laboratory of Paris IV Sorbonne University, France.
