Chasing Modern China--Chinese History from 1600 to 1912

Author: [US] Jonathan Spence, translated by Huang Chunyan
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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 been excluded from the ranks of modern nations after the West began to enter modern society, using the author's commitment to the concept of the modern state. The pursuit of history is far from the entire meaning of this book's writing; the author is more concerned with interpreting modern China.