Covering more than four centuries of Chinese history, this work chronicles the various dynasties, the ideas of reformist Confucian scholars, and China's poets, novelists, artists, students, and leaders
This primary source documentary reader, edited by Chen (Princeton U., US), Cheng (City U. of Hong Kong, China), Lestz (Trinity College, US), and Spence (Yale U.), is intended to serve as a supplement to Spence's text The Search for Modern China (third edition), which treats the history of Qing, Republican, and post-1949 China. It therefore follows the same organizational structure as that work in its presentation of translated documents, providing new perspectives on various aspects of Spence's historical narrative and offering insights into both everyday social issues as well as issues of high politics. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
The most widely used primary-source reader for the modern China course, thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the new edition of Spence, The Search for Modern China.