The Search for Modern China

Jonathan D. Spence

Norton, 1990 - History - 876 pages

Jonathan D. Spence is George Burton Adams Professor of History at Yale University and author of eight acclaimed books on China. Here he has written a very readable history of this fascinating country. "To understand . . . China's past there is no better place to start than Jonathan D. Spences excellent new book".--The New York Times Book Review front page review. 136 pages of photographs.

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A scholarly and detailed history of the twentieth century in China. Well-written and well-researched, it has been a useful tool for personal study and academic work.

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Only a book about China could define the modern era in the 17th century. A grand sweeping history, covering all facets of China. History, economics, politics, military events, society, the arts - a ...

About the author

Jonathan D. Spence is Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, where he has taught for thirty years. He has been awarded MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. The Search for Modern China won the Lionel Gelber Award and the Kiriyama Book Prize.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Search for Modern China; New York Times bestseller
• Author: Jonathan D. Spence
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Norton, 1990
• ISBN: 0393307808, 9780393307801
• Length: 876 pages
• Subjects: History / Asia / China