The Qing was the last imperial dynasty of China, founded by the Manchu Jurchen, expanding to Tibet, Xinjiang, and Mongolia at its height before succumbing to internal rebellion and Western imperial pressure in the nineteenth century.
The Qing dynasty ended in 1912 CE when the last emperor Puyi abdicated following the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, establishing the Republic of China.
The atlas holds 2 border frames for Qing Dynasty — the shape you scrub through changes in 1644 · 1792.
Rowe's concise volume in the History of Imperial China series is the best single-volume modern synthesis of the Qing.
Covers the Qing within the long arc of Chinese imperial history with deep attention to Manchu identity and governance.
A great Qing household’s rise and fall — China’s most celebrated novel.