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1	The search for modern China more books like this by Jonathan D. Spence add to wishlist Over 400 years of Chinese history--from the Ming dynasty to Mao--are recalled in Spence's narrative history. see all copies from $3.36! new only from $15.95! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Mao Zedong: A Penguin Life more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist This brief biography of, and essay on, Chairman Mao Zedong, focuses mostly on the man rather than on history and politics. Jonathan D. Spence is a distinguished historian, known for THE SEARCH FOR MODERN CHINA. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
3	God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist The rise and fall of the Taiping "Heavenly Kingdom" in mid 19th-century China was one of the most violent events in human history. Led by Hong Xiuquan, a religious visionary and failed civil servant, the Taipang Rebellion cost at least 2 million lives. Hong had a dream in which he ascended into heaven and met his "elder brother" Jesus Christ. He ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.61! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Question of Hu more books like this by Jonathan D. Spence add to wishlist 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 several books including, "The Gates of Heavenly Peace" and "The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.55! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The memory palace of Matteo Ricci more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist Matteo Ricci was a Jesuit priest who went to China in 1577 and who wrote a book on memory in Chinese for the Ming court. Historian Jonathan Spence uses Ricci's memory book, and four images, to convey the history of European-Ming dynasty relations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Death of Woman Wang more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist These accounts of everyday peasant life in China's Shantung province are told against the background of history--the fall of the Ming dynasty and the arrival of invaders--and are drawn from a variety of historical and literary sources. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.13! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Search for Modern China: A Documentary History more books like this by Pei-Kai Cheng (Editor), Michael Lestz (Editor), Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist This collection of primary source documents--many translated into English for the first time and available only in this book--gather proclamations, treaties, laws, and other public acts with pieces reflecting everyday life, family, social networks, and culture. see all copies from $10.82! new only from $20.94! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist A renowned historian captures a critical moment in Chinese history Zhang Dai is recognized as one of the finest historians and essayists of Chinaas Ming dynasty. When he was born into a wealthy family in 1597, the Ming dynasty had been in place for 229 years. Zhangas early life was marked by the expansive sense of progress that permeated Ming ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'Ang-Hsi more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence, Kangxi add to wishlist see all copies from $2.11! new only from $6.88!
10	Treason by the Book more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist In this narrative history of 18th-century China, a prominent scholar recreates the imperial world as he relates a plot to kill the emperor. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Chan's Great Continent: China in Western Minds more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist The author, a noted Sinologist, refers to an assortment of literary references in his study of Western perceptions of China throughout history. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.45! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	To Change China: Western Advisers in China more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist 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 believed they could transform the religious and cultural traditions of this vast, enigmatic country. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99! \| SVS
13 view cover	The Chinese Century:: A Photographic History of the Last Hundred Years more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence, Endeavor Group UK, Ann Ping Chin add to wishlist A historian of China presents a photographic history depicting China's violent past and turbulent present. Most of these 300 photos, which focus on the lives of ordinary citizens as well as such leaders as Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, have never been seen outside of China. see all copies from $4.27! first editions
14	The Gate of Heavenly Peace: 2the Chinese and Their Revolution, 1895-1980 more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist This modern history of China is told through the eyes of a few Chinese intellectuals. A scholar, a doctor, and a writer/political activist are the three major figures whose "lives will serve to introduce the reader to the extraordinary sequence of events that are often loosely dumped together as constituting the 'Chinese revolution.'" (from the ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
15 view cover	The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution 1895-1980 more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist 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 more. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.59! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Tsao Yin and the Kang-Hsi Emperor: Bondservant and Master, Second Edition more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist In this highly praised book, Jonathan D. Spence recounts the story of Ts'ao Yin, hereditary bond-servant to the Manchu emperors. Ts'ao Yin, whose great-grandfather was captured and enslaved by the Manchus and whose descendant wrote Dream of the Red Chamber, China's most famous novel, becomes the focal point of a fascinating study that shed ... see all copies from $14.50! new only from $35.67! \| SVS
17 view cover	Chinese Roundabout: Essays in History and Culture more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist In the work of twenty-five years, Jonathan Spence has established himself as an interpreter of modern Chinese history. His most recent book was "The Search for Modern China". Spence recreates the historical character and setting in the moving story of Arcadio Huang's odyssey from south China to Enlightenment Paris, where he briefly gains a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.03! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The Great Wall of China more books like this by Anne Wilkes Tucker, Chen Changfen (Photographer), Mr. Jonathan D Spence (Foreword by) add to wishlist Chen Changfen (b. 1941) began to photograph the Great Wall twenty years before the Chinese government officially adopted it as the national symbol in 1984. This fascinating book presents a small fraction of his decades-long study of the monumental form and conveys the fertile range of themes and ideas that Chen has investigated, each informed by ... see all copies from $11.87! new only from $14.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	From Ming to Ch'ing: Conquest, Region, and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century China more books like this by Mr. Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist The collapse of the Ming dynasty and the takeover of China by Manchu rulers in the 1640s was 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 the transition. The nine essays in this book will ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $43.68! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Liang and Lin: Partners in Exploring China's Architectural Past more books like this by Wilma Fairbank, Mr. Jonathan D Spence (Designer) add to wishlist Wilma Fairbank documents, from both an historical and a uniquely personal perspective, the professional and personal achievements of Lin Whei-yin and Liang Sicheng. Liang and Lin were born in early twentieth-century China, a time when the influences of modernism were slowly bearing down on the traditional culture. In the 1920s, they traveled ... see all copies from $14.78! new only from $14.78! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Toward a Truer Life: Photographs of China 1980-1990 more books like this by Reagan Louie, Mr. Jonathan D Spence (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
22	Emperor of China more books like this by K'Ang-Hsi, Kangxi, Jonathan D Spence add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
23	Six Chapters from My Life "Downunder" more books like this by Yang Jiang, Jonathan D Spence, Yang Jiang add to wishlist see all copies from $2.23! new only from $17.84! \| first editions
24	Toward a Truer Life more books like this by Jonathan D Spence, Reagan Louie (Photographer) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25 view cover	The Temptation of the West more books like this by Andre Malraux, Robert Hollander (Translator), Jonathan D Spence (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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