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    Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man

    Jonathan D. Spence

    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…

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    Treason by the Book

    Jonathan D. Spence

    An acclaimed historian offers this riveting account of a secret, treacherous plot to overthrow the Manchu government of 1728 China, presenting the story in a gripping blend of cultural history…

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    To Change China: Western Advisers in China, 1620-1960

    Jonathan D. Spence

    As a new era of relations between China and the United States begins, the tales in this volume illuminate the folly of foreign missionaries, soldiers, doctors, and others who foolishly…

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    The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution

    Jonathan D. Spence

    Chronicles the history of the Chinese Revolution, focusing on the people and events of modern Chinese history, the writings of modern Chinese authors, the issues facing the People’s Republic, and…

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    The Chan’s Great Continent: China in Western Minds

    Jonathan D. Spence

    Like everything else written by Jonathan Spence, The Chan’s Great Continent is an absolute must-read for anyone interested in China. Spence is one of the greatest Sinologists of our time…

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    The Question of Hu

    Jonathan D. Spence

    In this book, Jonathan Spence tells the story of a man called John Hu, who accompanied a French missionary returning from Canton to France in 1722. Jonathan Spence has written…

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    Ts"ao Yin and the K"ang-hsi Emperor: Bondservant and Master, Second edition

    Jonathan D. Spence

    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…

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    Mao Zedong: A Life

    Jonathan D. Spence

    This intimate portrait of Mao Zedong, one of the most formidable and elusive rulers in modern history, introduces the essential background about the Chinese leader, including his relations with family…

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    Chinese Roundabout: Essays in History and Culture

    Jonathan D. Spence

    If one has the art, then a piece of celery or salted cabbage can be made into a marvelous delicacy; whereas if one has not the art, not all the…

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    God’s Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan

    Jonathan D. Spence

    A powerful account of the largest uprising in human history–the Taiping rebellion (1845-64)–in which 20 million Chinese were left dead, God’s Chinese Son tells a story that reaches beyond China…

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    The Search for Modern China

    Jonathan D. Spence

    The leading textbook by the leading scholar.

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    The Death of Woman Wang

    Jonathan D. Spence

    Spence shows himself at once historian, detective, and artist… . He makes history howl. (The New Republic)

    Award-winning author Jonathan D. Spence paints a vivid picture of an obscure place…

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    Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'Ang-Hsi

    Emperor of China K ang-hsi,Jonathan D. Spence

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    Fortress Besieged

    Qian Zhongshu

    The greatest Chinese novel of the twentieth century, Fortress Besieged is a classic of world literature, a masterpiece of parodic fiction that plays with Western literary traditions, philosophy, and middle-class…

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    The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection

    The most widely used primary-source reader for the modern China course, thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the new edition of Spence, The Search for Modern China.

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    China in 2008: A Year of Great Significance

    The Beijing Olympics ensured that the world would be watching China in 2008, a year that turned out to be the most tumultuous and traumatic for the country since the…

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    From Ming to Ch'ing: Conquest, Region, and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century China

    Jonathan D. Spence,Jerry Dennerline,Hilary J. Beattie,Ian McMorran,Morris Rossabi

    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…

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    Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve

    Ian Morris

    Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years…

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    Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve

    Ian Morris

    Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years…

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