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The Search for Modern China
by Jonathan D. Spence
The Search for Modern China, the most famous book by Jonathan D. Spence, has become one of the
standard texts on the last several hundred years of Chinese history. Every edition of the book has been a
bestseller. The book begins with the glory of the Ming dynasty and ends with the opening of China and
the tensions in the final decade's of the 20th century. It is an incredibly vivid and engaging read.
About the Author
Jonathan D. Spence is Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, where he has taught for thirty
years. He has been 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. He was
a former visiting professor at Peking University and an honorary professor at Nanjing University.
by Jonathan D. Spence
The Search for Modern China, the most famous book by Jonathan D. Spence, has become one of the
standard texts on the last several hundred years of Chinese history. Every edition of the book has been a
bestseller. The book begins with the glory of the Ming dynasty and ends with the opening of China and
the tensions in the final decade's of the 20th century. It is an incredibly vivid and engaging read.
About the Author
Jonathan D. Spence is Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, where he has taught for thirty
years. He has been 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. He was
a former visiting professor at Peking University and an honorary professor at Nanjing University.
