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Book SynopsisThis volume offers a comprehensive overview of the Lifanyuan and Libu, revising and assessing the state of affairs in the under-researched field of these two institutions. The contributors explore the imperial policies towards and the shifting classifications of minority groups in the Qing Empire. This volume offers insight into how China's past has continued to inform its modern policies, as well as the geopolitical make-up of East Asia and beyond.
Trade Review"This seminal work (...) essential reading for specialists in Inner Asian and Chinese history, as well as for anyone interested in probing into the institutional and operational aspects of frontier management in early modern empires." Tommaso Previato, Ming Qing Studies (2017) "This book offers a stimulating overview of recent studies on Qing dynasty's institutions related to managing frontier issues and non-Han peoplse, the Lifanyuan 理藩院 and the Libu 礼部. Since it represents "the first comprehensive study" on Lifanyuan (Di Cosmo, p. viii), it will certainly be warmly welcomed by scholars of the Qing dynasty, but it also offers a World historical comparative perspective, revealing a unique practice of early modern empire building, departing from both Western imperial narratives as well as Chinese political traditions. [...] One finds in these pages a set of very inspirational perspectives that will certainly have lots of impact on future researches on these institutions and on the Qing dynasty in general." Carl Déry, Université de Montréal, Journal of World History 29/3 (2019)
Table of ContentsPreface - Nicola Di Cosmo Acknowledgments List of Maps and Illustrations and Tables Emperors and Dynasties Contributors Introduction - Dittmar Schorkowitz and Chia Ning 1 Lifanyuan and Libu in Early Qing Empire Building - Chia Ning 2 The Lifanyuan: A Review Based on New Sources and Traditional Historiography - Michael Weiers 3 The Lifanyuan and Stability during Qing Imperial Expansion - Pamela Kyle Crossley 4 The Libu and Qing Perception, Classification, and Administration of Non-Han People - Zhang Yongjiang 5 Lifanyuan and Libu in the Qing Tribute System - Chia Ning 6 The Qing Court and Peoples of Central and Inner Asia: Representations of Tributary Relationships from the Huang Qing Zhigong tu - Laura Hostetler 7 Manchu-Mongolian Controversies over Judicial Competence and the Formation of the Lifanyuan - Dorothea Heuschert-Laage 8 The Sino-Russian Trade and the Role of the Lifanyuan, 17th–18th Centuries - Ye Baichuan and Yuan Jian 9 On Lifanyuan and Qianlong Policies Towards the Muslims of Xinjiang - Song Tong 10 Lifanyuan and Tibet - Fabienne Jagou 11 From Lifanyuan to the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission - Mei-hua Lan 12 Clashes of Administrative Nationalisms: Banners and Leagues vs.Counties and Provinces in Inner Mongolia - Uradyn E. Bulag 13 Dealing with Nationalities in Imperial Formations: How Russian and Chinese Agencies Managed Ethnic Diversity in the 17th to 20th Centuries - Dittmar Schorkowitz Glossary Index
