The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection. This item is unavailable.
Cheng, Pei-Kai; Lestz, Michael
149 ratings by Goodreads
Language: English
Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1999
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
5-star seller
AbeBooks seller since March 24, 2009
Unavailable
Softcover
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 6.55
Item description from seller
Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Seller Inventory # G0393973727I3N00
- Title
- The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection
- Author
- Cheng, Pei-Kai; Lestz, Michael
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0393973727
- ISBN 13
- 9780393973723
- Item weight
- 1.76 pounds
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.
Informative headnotes accompany the selections, helping readers with unfamiliar names, places, and events. With a chapter organization mirroring that of The Search for Modern China, this collection is the perfect supplement, providing a first-hand look at the modern Chinese society."Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
Pei-Kai Cheng is professor of history at City University of Hong Kong.
Michael Lestz is professor of history and chairperson of the history department at Trinity College.
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.
Michael Lestz is professor of history and chairperson of the history department at Trinity College.
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.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Search results for The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection
There are 13 more copies of this bookView all results