The Manchu way : the eight banners and ethnic identity in late imperial China
Mark C. Elliott (Author)
In 1644, the Manchus, a relatively unknown people inhabiting China's northeastern frontier, overthrew the Ming, Asia's mightiest rulers, and established the Qing dynasty, This book supplies a radically new perspective on the formative period of the modern Chinese nation
Print Book, English, 2001
Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 2001