The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection

Cheng, Pei-Kai; Lestz, Michael; Spence, Jonathan D.

ISBN 10: 0393973727 / ISBN 13: 9780393973723

Published by W W Norton & Co Inc (edition Documentary Collection), 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc (edition Documentary Collection)
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393973727
• ISBN 13: 9780393973723
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Documentary Collection.
• Condition: Fair

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Authors

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.