The Search for Modern China
Jonathan D. Spence. W. W. Norton & Company, $29.95 (876pp) ISBN 978-0-393-30780-1
Spence advocates democracy in China and presents contemporary views of its oppressive history, including Chiang Kai-Shek's fascist supporters and the bloodbath known as the Cultural Revolution. ``A splendid achievement, this sweeping . . . epic chronicle compresses four centuries of political and social change into a sharply observant narrative,'' said PW . Photos. (Apr.)
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Reviewed on: 10/15/2001
Genre: Nonfiction
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