Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Maps xiii
6. Prologue: Three Stone Steles in Shenyang xix
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I: Remote Homeland, Lost Empire
9. 1. Remote Homeland, Contested Borderland: The Qing Empire, Banner People, and Manchuria 23
10. 2. Between Empire and Nation: The 1911 Revolution, Manchus, and Manchuria 68
11. Part II: Contested Borderland, Redefined Identity
12. 3. Legitimizing Statehood, Revising History: Manchoukuo between Japan and the ROC 107
13. 4. Ethnic Harmony, Colonial Reality: Manchus, Manchoukuo, and the ROC 135
14. 5. Historicizing the Manchus, Deterritorializing Manchuria: Ethnology and Borderland Studies in the ROC 166
15. 6. Redefining the Manzu, Remapping Ethnic Autonomy: State and Scholars in the PRC 192
16. Part III: Experiencing Borderlands, Re-understanding Homeland
17. 7. A Trial of Treason: Aisin Gioro Xianyu and Identity Dilemma 219
18. 8. Tales of Two Empires: The Conquerors, the Colonized, and the Heroes 245
19. Conclusion 283
20. Epilogue 299
21. Appendixes 305
22. Notes 313
23. Bibliography 357
24. Index 403