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Hans van de Ven

Born

in Velsen, Netherlands

January 10, 1958

Website

https://www.ames.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-han...

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Genre

Nonfiction, History

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Johan 'Hans' van de Ven is an authority on the history of 19th and 20th century China. He holds several positions at the University of Cambridge, where he is Professor of Modern Chinese History, Director in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at St Catharine's College and previously served as Chair of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. He studied sinology at Leiden University. Then, after studying with Susan Naquin at the University of Pennsylvania for a period of time, he moved to Harvard University, where he studied modern Chinese history under Philip Kuhn and received his PhD.

Van de Ven has particularly focused on the history of the Chinese Communist Party, Chinese warfare, the Chinese Maritime Customs Service and the history ...more

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Hans van de Ven’s books

Average rating: 4.17 · 212 ratings · 31 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	China at War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China, 1937-1952 4.08 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2017 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chinese Communist Party by Timothy Cheek (editor), Klaus Mühlhahn (Editor), Hans van de Ven (Editor) 3.97 avg rating — 73 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Battle for China: Essays on the Military History of the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 by Mark R. Peattie (Editor), Edward J. Drea (Editor), Hans van de Ven (Editor) 4.32 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breaking with the Past: The Maritime Customs Service and the Global Origins of Modernity in China 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War and Nationalism in China: 1925-1945 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Friend to Comrade: The Founding of the Chinese Communist Party, 1920-1927 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cambridge History of War: Volume 4, War and the Modern World by Roger Chickering (Editor), Dennis Showalter (Editor), Hans van de Ven (Editor) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Negotiating China's Destiny in World War II by Hans van de Ven (editor), Diana Lary (Editor), Stephen MacKinnon (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warfare in Chinese History 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Dawn: World War II and the Making of Modern Asia 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars