THE DIARY OF A MANCHU SOLDIER IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CHINA by Nicola Di Cosmo ( 9780415544474 )

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Title:

THE DIARY OF A MANCHU SOLDIER IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CHINA
"MY SERVICE IN THE ARMY", BY DZENGSEO

By:

Nicola Di Cosmo

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0415544475

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9780415544474

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

21 April, 2009

Series:

Routledge Studies in the Early History of Asia

Pages:

156

Synopsis:

Providing original insights into Chinese military history, Nicola Di Cosmo gives an annotated translation of the only known military diary in pre-modern Chinese history, providing fresh and extensive information on the inner workings of the Ch'ing army. The personal experience of the author, a young Manchu officer fighting in inhospitable South-Western China, take us close to the 'face of the battle' in seventeenth-century China, and enriches our general knowledge of military history.

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2 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings

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