The Manchu way ; the eight banners and ethnic identity in late imperial China / Mark C. Elliott.

Qing Reign Periods
Introduction. The Problem with the Manchus
Ethnic Sovereignty and Pax Manjurica
The "Manchu Way,"
Manchu or Bannerman?
Thinking Again About Ethnicity in Late Imperial China
"Barbarians" and "Chinese": Competing Views of the Manchus in History
Sinicization and the Manchus
New Narratives
Structures of Eight Banner Society
The Eight Banners and the Origins of the Manchus
What Was the Eight Banners?
Myths of Manchu Origins
Who Were the Jurchens?
The Jianzhou Ascendancy
Roots of Power: The Formation of the Eight Banners
Roots of Identity: The Banners and the Manchu Nation Under Hong Taiji
The Mongol and Chinese Banners
Hierarchies of Ethnicity and Status in the Banners
Manchu Cities: Tigers on the Mountain
Garrisons Before the Conquest
Outline of the Qing Occupation
Manchu Apartheid and the Division of Beijing
Manchu Cities in the Provinces
Close Quarters
The Idea of Occupation
Garrison Dyarchy
The Emperor's Men
The Nature of the Banner Bureaucracy
The Garrison General
The Garrison Lieutenant General and Other Staff
Relations with the Civil Bureaucracy
Bannermen to the Rescue
Rage and Praise: Letters to the Emperor
Banner Administration and the Manchu Nation
Patterns of Banner Life
The Iron Rice Bowl of Banner Privilege
At the Training Ground
From Chase to Campaign
Eating the Emperor's Rice
A Privileged People
Among the Nikan
The Manchu-Han "Family"
Family Quarrels.