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    Jonathan D. Spence

    Jonathan D. Spence (1936—2021) was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, where he taught for more than forty years. He was 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.

    Jonathan D. Spence

    Jonathan D. Spence (1936—2021) was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, where he taught for more than forty years. He was 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.

    Books by Jonathan D. Spence

    • 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

      Jonathan D. Spence, Janet Chen

      Fourth Edition, Paperback, 2025

      The gold standard for the modern Chinese history course, for a new generation

    • 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.

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