From Ming to Chʻing: Conquest, region, and continuity in seventeenth-century China

by Jonathan D. Spence

Book by Spence

Genres: History, China

413 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Jonathan D. Spence is a historian specializing in Chinese history. His self-selected Chinese name is Shǐ Jǐngqiān (simplified Chinese: 史景迁; traditional Chinese: 史景遷), which roughly translates to "A historian who admires Sima Qian."

He has been Sterling Professor of History at Yale University since 1993. His most famous book is The Search for Modern China, which has become one of the standard texts on the last several hundred years of Chinese history.

Reviews

[Salem Marrero · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are 9 essays here by different academics, some of which are very interesting but others less-so. Don’t know if the book accomplishes what it set out to be and isn’t coherent as a single narrative. Chapters 1,2,3,5, and 8 were the highlights and brought what was to me a new light on this period of Chinese history.