Chasing Modern China: A History of China, 1600-1912

Author: [US] Jonathan Spence / Huang Cunyan
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book explores, through an examination of Chinese history since 1600, why China has long remained outside the ranks of modern states after the West began to enter modern society, using the authors' modern state concept. The pursuit of history is far from the entire meaning of this book's writing; the authors are more concerned with interpreting modern China.