
Ruth Rogaski, "Knowing Manchuria: Environments, the Senses, and Natural Knowledge on an Asian Borderland" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
New Books in East Asian Studies
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Qing Universalism Versus Manchu Particularism?
Qing history has debated the kind of qing universalism versus or as it relates to a sort of Manchu particularism. The one consistent thing that we see out of, you know, I use Gao Shruti's account for beasts account and some poems, I'll stencively written by Qangxi along the way. It's like Vermont in what it's called mud season, right? You don't go anywhere without your four wheel drive. But so it's also in some ways, inflicting violence on the bodies of his own quarters and retinue in order to stamp an imperial imprint on this region.
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