Banner Legacy: The Rise of the Fengtian Local Elite at the End of the Qing

by Yoshiki Enatsu

Overview

The Eight Banners is increasingly recognized as a key institution of the Qing dynasty administration. In Banner Legacy, Professor Enatsu argues that at the end of the Qing, as this region was placed under civil administration, many Han bannermen in the newly created Fengtian Province came to local prominence, first as landlords, then as power elites—active participants in provincial politics—through the reforms of the late Qing and the early Republic. Key local leaders such as Yuan Jinkai, Zhang Rong, Zhang Huangxiang, Wu Jingliang, and Wang Yuquan may be traced to the roles of the Han Banners.
Drawing on classic Japanese and Chinese resources on the area and recent scholarship, Banner Legacy uncovers the interplay between historical Qing institutions and emerging modern political practices during this tumultuous period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781938937002
Publisher:	University of Michigan Press
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Series:	Michigan Monographs In Chinese Studies , #100
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Yoshiki Enatsu is Professor of Chinese Economic History at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo.

Table of Contents

	Illustrations	vi
	Acknowledgments	viii
	Maps	ix
	Introduction	1
1.	Han Bannermen Society in Qing Period Fengtian	13
2.	Fengtian's Land System at the End of the Qing	29
3.	Local Elite Participation in Fengtian Provincial Politics	51
4.	Yuan Jinkai and Other Liaoyang Elites Enter the Provincial Assembly	75
5.	The 1911 Revolution in Fengtian Province	91
	Conclusion: The Fengtian Local Elite After the 1911 Revolution	109
	Appendices
(A)	Note on Manshu Kyukan Chosa Hokoku-sho	115
(B)	Outline of Local Militias in Liaoyang	117
(C)	Units of Measure	121
	Notes	123
	Glossary	139
	Bibliography	145
	Index	159