Slaves of the Emperor: Service, Privilege, and Status in the Qing Eight Banners (Hardcover)

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Qing Status System
2. Who Belonged in the Banners? The Makeup of the Qing Service Elite
3. Duty, Service, and Status Performance
4. Privilege and State Support
5. A Female Service Elite: Status, Ethnicity, and Qing Bannerwomen
6. A Comparative History of Service Elites
7. Challenging the Service Elite Model
8. Expulsion, Resistance, and the Return of the Service Elite
Conclusion
Appendix: Reign Names, Dates, and Abbreviations
Source Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index