The Search for Modern China
<p><strong>"A remarkable achievement...vivid...fluent, graceful.... A publishing event."―Boston Globe</strong></p> In this widely acclaimed history of modern China, Jonathan Spence achieves a fine blend of narrative richness and efficiency. Praised as "a miracle of readability and scholarly authority," (Jonathan Mirsky) <em>The Search for Modern China</em> offers a matchless introduction to China's history.