Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Conventions for Transliteration, Dates, and Measurements
Personnel Ranks and Units in the Qing Military and Civil Bureaucracies
Introduction
1. From Tribe to Banner, Domain to Region
2. The Heilongjiang Administrative Region
3. Multipurpose Specialists
4. The Finale of the Frontier
5. Region, Heritage, and Belonging
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations and Tables
Map. The Manchuria–Siberia Border and Major Garrisons of Heilongjiang during the Qing Dynasty
Figures
1. “Kumar Road” Sign, Xinsheng Orochen Ethnic Township, Heilongjiang
2. Contemporary Orochen House, Xinsheng Orochen Ethnic Township, Heilongjiang
3. Orochen Clay Figurines, Former Residence of Xue Fucheng, Wuxi, Jiangsu
Tables
2.1. Types and Amounts of Non-Fur Tribute Collected in Heilongjiang
2.2. Sable Pelt Tribute Collected in Heilongjiang in 1697 and 1701
3.1. Outposts in the Amur River Region (East of the Qing–Russian Border)
3.2. Distribution of Units in the Butha Banners in 1730
3.3. Livestock Allowances for Hulun Buir–Bound Troops by Rank
3.4. Troop Migration to Hulun Buir (Excluding Dependents)
3.5. Heilongjiang Region Garrison Personnel in the Late Eighteenth Century
4.1. Number and Quantity of Pelts Submitted as Tribute, 1797–1895
5.1. Routes, Companies, Surnames, and Cin (Qian) Classifications
5.2. Staple Foods Brought to Orochen Villages by Anda
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