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Covering more than four centuries of Chinese history, this work chronicles the various dynasties, the ideas of reformist Confucian scholars, and China's poets, novelists, artists, students, and leaders
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Monumental.... History that is always lively, always concrete, always comprehensible.
History at its best...all in the vivid, accessible style for which the author is well known.
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History at its best...all in the vivid, accessible style for which the author is well known.
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.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Co.
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0393027082
- ISBN 13 9780393027082
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages904
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