The Search for Modern China
"A remarkable achievement...vivid...fluent, graceful.... A publishing event."—Boston GlobeIn this widely acclaimed history of modern China, Jonathan Spence achieves a fine blend of narrative richness and efficiency. Praised as "a miracle of readability and scholarly authority," (Jonathan Mirsky)...
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"A remarkable achievement...vivid...fluent, graceful.... A publishing event."—Boston GlobeIn this widely acclaimed history of modern China, Jonathan Spence achieves a fine blend of narrative richness and efficiency. Praised as "a miracle of readability and scholarly authority," (Jonathan Mirsky) The Search for Modern China offers a matchless introduction to China's history.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780393307801 (0393307808)
Publish date: 1991
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Pages no: 912
Edition language: English
Another Judkins rec for Chinese history surveys. I know this book; it gets a lot of ups.
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