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    <body><![CDATA[Probably the best, and certainly the most popular, history of China in the modern era (i.e., post 1500 CE). Spence's prose is straightforward and clean, and his method of following individual artists, writers, or activists through a given time period to illustrate general policy acts as an engine to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1219638">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This has been my first real introduction to Chinese history, read while I live my first month in Beijing.  As such, I'm not really qualified to recommend it over other histories of China.  I do like it a great deal though, and I suspect that it would hold up against similar books.  <br/><br/>A his...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3382712">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Academic history of China from the late Ming dynasty through the 90s. Author breaks time into periods and does an extensive survey of literature, politics, the economy, etc. for each period. <br/><br/>Author demonstrates how the thrashing about of the Communist leadership (Great Leap Forward, Cult...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5733847">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are looking for a work that is as concise and thorough as possible, given the massive subject matter of modern Chinese history, this is it.  I was originally assigned this book as the main text of a Modern Chinese history course I took in my junior year at Xavier University, but I did not ful...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42018987">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A book of this magnitude is a little hard to review. It covers many areas of Chinese history from 1685 to 1989. It includes enough tables of economic data to be useful as a reference, yet retains a highly readable style. <br/><br/>In his other works, Spence developed a distinctive style, in which ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20747490">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Spence's book is surely thorough and well-researched but, as a strict history, lacks any overarching theme and lost my interest after 300 pages.  If you're China bound or very interested in Chinese culture, you'll probably find the 700 page journey rewarding.  Though I didn't finish, I learned a few...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3299231">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A concise (even at 800 pages) overview of Chinese history from the end of the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century to the 1989 demonstrations. It is an excellent introduction into modern Chinese history particularly because it is given in a Chinese context and is not Eurocentric. While I would have enjo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58770779">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[If you want a single volume history of China from the fall of the Qing (Manchu) dynasty to the end of the century, this is the one.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really long but shockingly easy to digest. More of a story history book than a reference history book, but fatter.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[text-booky, but thorough - a good place to start for a scholarly intro to Chinese history]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Covering late Ming (1600's) to the late 1980's China, essential reading to form a basis of understanding China's changes in power structures, culture, and foreign relations.  Reads well. From the preeminent Yale historian, Jonathan Spence.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first book I read of Chinese history and still the best. I wish Spence would write a prequel or two and go back further in time there's nothing comparable that I've found in English for earlier eras of Chinese history.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My experience with China and studying China and writing papers about China would be nothing like what it is without the aid of Jonathan Spence and the many many times I've used this index/perused this book. Thank god for Jon...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Simply the best book for the modern history of China. Spence is a very good writer of history. This is easy to read and fascinating to study. If your interested in China, this is the place to start. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[wonderful, well-researched account of chinese history.  let's face it, the china-force is an interesting phenomenon.  this book is a great guide for anyone interested in investigating it.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was written by Spence.  That should be enough.  Engaging writing style, fluid transitions from topic to topic, thorough and well documented. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A good author for what can be a very hard to follow history for Americans.  Spence's other books make for more interesting reading, at least to me.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Believe it or not, you can finish this book, and learn a lot about China (and Japan, Korea, and Vietnam) in the process. Start it in the fall....]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I returned this one to the library while I went to China.  Too heavy to carry.  Now I have it back out again.]]></body>
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