Managing Frontiers in Qing China

Dittmar Schorkowitz, Ph.D. (1991), Free University of Berlin, is a senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale (Germany). He has published extensively, including 'Historical Anthropology in Eurasia… and the Way Thither,' in History and Anthropology 23,1 (2012).Chia Ning, Ph.D. (1992), The Johns Hopkins University, is a professor of history at Central College in Pella, Iowa (USA). Many of her publications are about the Lifanyuan, including, 'The Qing Lifanyuan and the Solon People of the 17th-18th Centuries,' in Athens Journal of History, 1, 4 (October 2015).

"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)

• Preface - Nicola Di CosmoAcknowledgments List of Maps and Illustrations and Tables Emperors and Dynasties Contributors Introduction - Dittmar Schorkowitz and Chia Ning1 Lifanyuan and Libu in Early Qing Empire Building - Chia Ning2 The Lifanyuan: A Review Based on New Sources and Traditional Historiography - Michael Weiers3 The Lifanyuan and Stability during Qing Imperial Expansion - Pamela Kyle Crossley4 The Libu and Qing Perception, Classification, and Administration of Non-Han People - Zhang Yongjiang5 Lifanyuan and Libu in the Qing Tribute System - Chia Ning6 The Qing Court and Peoples of Central and Inner Asia: Representations of Tributary Relationships from the Huang Qing Zhigong tu - Laura Hostetler7 Manchu-Mongolian Controversies over Judicial Competence and the Formation of the Lifanyuan - Dorothea Heuschert-Laage8 The Sino-Russian Trade and the Role of the Lifanyuan, 17th–18th Centuries - Ye Baichuan and Yuan Jian9 On Lifanyuan and Qianlong Policies Towards the Muslims of Xinjiang - Song Tong10 Lifanyuan and Tibet - Fabienne Jagou11 From Lifanyuan to the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission - Mei-hua Lan12 Clashes of Administrative Nationalisms: Banners and Leagues vs.Counties and Provinces in Inner Mongolia - Uradyn E. Bulag13 Dealing with Nationalities in Imperial Formations: How Russian and Chinese Agencies Managed Ethnic Diversity in the 17th to 20th Centuries - Dittmar SchorkowitzGlossary Index