The New Frontiers of Manchu China and the Historiography of Asian Empires: A Review Essay

Sen, Sudipta

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“…By the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the Nu¨zhen had accepted the name of Manchu. And in 1644, the Manchu troops took over China from the Han and established the Qing Dynasty , which ruled China for over two hundred years (Guy 2002;Rawski 1998;Sen 2002).…”

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Fertility Differences between the Majority and Minority Nationality Groups in China

Poston

Chang

Hong³

2006

Popul Res Policy Rev

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There is an extensive sociological and demographic literature about why racial and ethnic minority groups in the U.S. have different levels of fertility, usually higher, than the majority white group. The four major hypotheses are the subcultural hypothesis, the social characteristics hypothesis, the minority group status hypothesis, and the economic hypothesis. In this paper we focus on fertility patterns of the majority Han and the larger minority groups in China and examine the degree to which the above hypotheses may be useful in articulating the reasons why the fertility of the Han majority differs from that of the minorities. We first present a brief historical review of the genesis and development of the majority and minority nationalities in China. We next present short vignettes of each of the eight minority nationalities we will be examining. We then review the Western literature on fertility differentials between majority and minority nationalities, and summarize the theoretical expectations behind the four prominent hypotheses to be tested. Finally, we present the results of the analysis, and draw out the implications of our work.

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Fertility Differences between the Majority and Minority Nationality Groups in China

Poston

Chang

Hong³

2006

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“…The NQH refers to a “school of thought” that emerged gradually in the 1980s among American Sinologists, and then gained a worldwide attention since the turn of the 2000s [3]. While the concept of New Qing History first appeared in a review by Waley-Cohen (2004) on nine specific books, the core ideas were consolidated in the reviews proposed by Kent Guy (2002) and Sen (2002), both devoted to what is now considered the four books of the NQH [4]. Various factors had contributed to its emergence, beginning with the opening of new archives to Western scholars from the start of the 1980s and the publication of rarely or never studied documents in various languages, including Chinese, Manchu and Mongol.…”

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The reception of the “New Qing History” in China: confrontation between global and nationalist historical narratives

Déry

2020

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Purpose This paper aims to explore various tensions related to the diffusion and reception of the New Qing History (NQH) in China, and more specifically, it aims at underlying a recurrent tension within the core of this debate, between a Global and a Nationalist historical narrative. Design/methodology/approach The author’s focus is to analyze various texts published in China between 2006 and 2018. Findings The author argues that the intensity of the current debate is partly related on the one hand, to the fact that NQH undermines various aspects of China’s Nationalist teleology and territorial claims and, on the other hand, to the basic difficulty of accepting the coexistence of various historical representations that are risking to weaken contemporary’s justifications of its rising schemes. Originality/value The text presents an original reading of some important issues raised by the NQH debate.

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“…Each of these books contains something to admire and celebrate. A communal review, like a communal wedding, cannot do justice to their richness, but it can bring 'Some of the English-language scholarship on China's minorities includes works on the Dai (Davis 1999;Hansen 1999;Giersch 2001;Hyde 2001), Zhuang (Kaup 2000), Miao (Diamond 1988;Oakes 1998;Schein 2000), Hui (Gladney 1991;Pang 1996;Jaschok and Shui 2000), Naxi/Mosuo (McKhann 1992(McKhann , 1995Shih 1993Shih , 2001White 1993;Chao 1995Chao , 1996, Yi (Harrell 1990(Harrell , 2001a(Harrell , 2001bSwain 1995;Hill 2001;Mueggler 2001), Mongol (Williams 1996), Manchu (Rawski 1998Crossley 1990Crossley , 1997Crossley , 1999Rhoads 2000;Elliott 2001;see also Guy 2002;Sen 2002), Tibetans (Avedon 1984;Goldstein and Beall 1990;Goldstein 1997;Makley 1997Makley , 1999, Yao (Litzinger 1995), Primi (Harrell 2001b), Hakka (Constable 1994(Constable , 1996a(Constable , 1996b, Subei (Honig 1992), Bai (Wu 1990(Wu , 1991Miller 1994;…”

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Margins and Centers: A Decade of Publishing on China's Ethnic Minorities

Blum

2002

J of Asian Stud

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The New Frontiers of Manchu China and the Historiography of Asian Empires: A Review Essay

Cited by 7 publications

References 2 publications

Fertility Differences between the Majority and Minority Nationality Groups in China

Fertility Differences between the Majority and Minority Nationality Groups in China

The reception of the “New Qing History” in China: confrontation between global and nationalist historical narratives

Margins and Centers: A Decade of Publishing on China's Ethnic Minorities

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