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Search for Modern China
Av Jonathan D. Spence, Janet Chen
Häftad, 2025
1149 kr
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The Search for Modern China originated in a legendary course at Yale taught by the late Jonathan Spence and has been the best-selling text for students and teachers of modern Chinese history ever since. Janet Chen (Princeton University), a leading scholar and expert in social and cultural history, …
Return to Dragon Mountain
Memories of a Late Ming Man
E-bok, 2007
150 kr
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“Splendid . . . One could not imagine a better subject than Zhan Dai for Spence.” ( The New Republic ) Celebrated China scholar Jonathan Spence vividly brings to life seventeenth-century China through this biography of Zhang Dai, recognized as one of the finest historians and essayists of the Ming …
To Change China
Western Advisers in China
Häftad, 1980
316 kr
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From “the best known and most talented historian of China writing in English today” ( Los Angeles Times) , an examination of a diverse collection of Western foreigners who attempted “to change China” "To change China" was the goal of foreign missionaries, soldiers, doctors, teachers, engineers, and …
Gate of Heavenly Peace
The Chinese and Their Revolution
Häftad, 1982
372 kr
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“A milestone in Western studies of China.” (John K. Fairbank) In this masterful, highly original approach to modern Chinese history, Jonathan D. Spence shows us the Chinese revolution through the eyes of its most articulate participants—the writers, historians, philosophers, and insurrectionists …
From Ming to Ch'ing
Conquest, Region, and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century China
Av Jonathan D. Spence, Jerry Dennerline m. fl.
Häftad, 1981
662 kr
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The collapse of the Ming dynasty and the takeover of China by Manchu rulers in the 1640s were of crucial importance in the late history of China. But because traditional Chinese sources arbitrarily divide the century at the change of dynasty in 1644, it has been difficult to form a clear picture of …
Ts`ao Yin and the K`ang-hsi Emperor
Bondservant and Master, Second edition
Häftad, 1988
582 kr
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In this highly praised book, Jonathan D. Spence recounts the story of Ts'ao Yin, hereditary bondservant to the Manchu emperors. Ts'ao Yin, whose great-grandfather was captured and enslaved by the Manchus and whose descendent wrote Dream of the Red Chamber, China's most famous novel, becomes the …
Question of Hu
E-bok, 2011
81 kr
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This lively and elegant book by the acclaimed historian Jonathan D. Spence reconstructs an extraordinary epsiode in the early intercourse between China and Europe. It is the story of John Hu, a lowly but devout Chinese Catholic who in 1722 accompanied a Jesuit missionary on a journey to France−a …
Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-Hsi
Self-Portrait of K''ang-Hsi
E-bok, 2012
164 kr
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A remarkable re-creation of the life of K''ang-hsi, emperor of the Manchu dynasty from 1661-1772, assembled from documents that survived his reign. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.
Chinese Roundabout
Essays in History and Culture
Häftad, 1993
360 kr
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The spirit of adventure is at the heart of Jonathan Spence's widely acclaimed scholarship on the modern history of China. This vitality, fleshed out with deep research and attired in elegant style, has drawn countless readers to subjects otherwise approachable only by experts. Through eight books, …
God's Chinese Son
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan
Häftad, 1996
251 kr
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Whether read for its powerful account of the largest uprising in human history, or for its foreshadowing of the terrible convulsions suffered by twentieth-century China, or for the narrative power of a great historian at his best, God's Chinese Son must be read. At the center of this history of …
Chan's Great Continent
China in Western Minds
Häftad, 1999
303 kr
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China has transfixed the West since the earliest contacts between these civilizations. With his characteristic elegance and insight, Jonathan Spence explores how the West has understood China over seven centuries. Ranging from Marco Polo's own depiction of China and the mighty Khan, Kublai, in the …
Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-Hsi: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi
Häftad, 1988
294 kr
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Mao Zedong
A Life
E-bok, 2006
160 kr
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“Spence draws upon his extensive knowledge of Chinese politics and culture to create an illuminating picture of Mao. . . . Superb.” ( Chicago Tribune ) From humble origins in the provinces, Mao Zedong rose to absolute power, unifying with an iron fist a vast country torn apart by years of weak …
Gate of Heavenly Peace
The Chinese and Their Revolution
E-bok, 1982
177 kr
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“A milestone in Western studies of China.” (John K. Fairbank) In this masterful, highly original approach to modern Chinese history, Jonathan D. Spence shows us the Chinese revolution through the eyes of its most articulate participants—the writers, historians, philosophers, and insurrectionists …
Search for Modern China
Ljudbok, 2012
431 kr
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The history of China is as rich and strange as that of any country on earth. Yet for many, China’s history remains unknown, or known only through the stylized images that generations in the West have cherished or reviled as truth. With his command of character and event––the product of thirty years …
Search for Modern China
Häftad, 2013
571 kr
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This text, the classic introduction to modern China for students and general readers, emerged from Spence’s highly successful introductory course at Yale, in which he traced the beginnings of modern China to internal developments beginning in the early 17th century. Strong on social and political …
