{"product_id":"the-search-for-modern-china-9781324070023","title":"The Search for Modern China","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Search for Modern China\u003c\/em\u003e originated in a legendary course at Yale taught by the late Jonathan Spence and has been the best-selling text for students and teachers of modern Chinese history ever since. Janet Chen (Princeton University), a leading scholar and expert in social and cultural history, updates \u003cem\u003eThe Search for Modern China\u003c\/em\u003e for a new generation. Incorporating insights from recent scholarship throughout, she has also streamlined the text to make it more student-friendly while maintaining the spellbinding narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpence, Jonathan D.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJonathan D. Spence\u003c\/strong\u003e (1936--2021) was Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, where he taught for more than forty years. He was awarded MacArthur and Guggenheim Fellowships, and the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Award. \u003cem\u003eThe Search for Modern China\u003c\/em\u003e won the Lionel Gelber Award and the Kiriyama Book Prize.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChen, Janet:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJanet Chen\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor of history and East Asian studies at Princeton University, where she has taught courses on modern China and East Asia since 2006. Her books include \u003cem\u003eGuilty of Indigence: The Urban Poor in China, 1900-1953\u003c\/em\u003e, a study of the destitute homeless during a time of war and revolution, and \u003cem\u003eThe Sounds of Mandarin: Learning to Speak a National Language in China and Taiwan, 1913-1960\u003c\/em\u003e, a social history of how people learned to speak Mandarin.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51346332221714,"sku":"9781324070023","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fcee9867-0e20-4547-95d2-0075eb45f70c.jpg?v=1749042003","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-search-for-modern-china-9781324070023","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}