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  • The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds

    Jonathan D. Spence

    Paperback, 1999

    "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, and his...
  • God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan

    Jonathan D. Spence

    Paperback, 1997

    "A magnificent tapestry . . . a story that reaches beyond China into our world and time: a story of faith, hope, passion, and a fatal grandiosity."--Washington Post Book World
  • Chinese Roundabout: Essays in History and Culture

    Jonathan D. Spence

    Paperback, 1993

    “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 greatest delicacies and rarities of land, sea, or...
  • The Search for Modern China

    Jonathan D. Spence

    Third Edition, Paperback, 2013

    The leading textbook by the leading scholar.
  • The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds

    Jonathan D. Spence

    E Book, 2014

    "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, and his...
  • God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan

    Jonathan D. Spence

    E Book, 2015

    "A magnificent tapestry . . . a story that reaches beyond China into our world and time: a story of faith, hope, passion, and a fatal grandiosity."--Washington Post Book World
  • The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection

    Janet Chen, Pei-kai Cheng, Michael Lestz, Jonathan D. Spence

    Third Edition, Paperback, 2013

    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.