This text, the classic introduction to modern China for students and general readers, emerged from Spence’s highly successful introductory course at Yale, in which he traced the beginnings of modern China to internal developments beginning in the early 17th century. Strong on social and political history, as well as Chinese culture and its intersections with politics, this paperback is a longstanding leader in the survey course on modern China.
這本書是現代中國(China)的經典入門書,適合學生和一般讀者,源自斯賓塞(Spence)在耶魯大學(Yale)的成功入門課程,他在課程中追溯了現代中國的開端,認為其始於17世紀初期的內部發展。該書對社會和政治歷史,以及中國文化與政治的交錯有深入探討,這本平裝書在有關現代中國的調查課程中長期處於領先地位。





這些書籍提供了關於義和團運動的詳細背景和分析,對於理解1900年北京及其周邊地區的暴力事件和國際干涉提供了豐富的資料。