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Article: Edward J. M. Rhoads. Manchus and Han: Ethnic Relations and Political Power in Late Qing and Early Republican China, 1861-1928.(Book Review)
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- China Review International
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- March 22, 2003
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Studies on Ethnic Groups in China. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2000. x, 404 pp. Paperback $27.50, ISBN 0-295-98040-0.
Manchus and Han by Edward J. M. Rhoads is a volume worthy of worldwide celebration. It is the first monograph written in either English or Chinese dedicated to the study of the relationship between the Manchus and the Han Chinese from the middle of the nineteenth century through most of the twentieth (even though the subtitle indicates that the author's research went only as far as 1928). It is also a significant addition to the growing research on the history of the Manchus and the Qing dynasty (1636-1911) by accomplishing the very ...