Qing Dynasty: A History of China

Before the Qing dynasty ruled China, the Manchus were Jurchens living on a dangerous northeastern frontier contested by Ming China, Joseon Korea, and the Mongol world.The Qing Dynasty: A History of China — Part One follows that transformation from the fragmented Jurchen communities of the Ming frontier to the rise of Nurhaci and Hong Taiji, the founding of the Later Jin and Great Qing, the fall of...