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Jonathan D. Spence
Jonathan Dermot Spence (11 August 1936 – 25 December 2021) was a British-American
historian,
sinologist, and author specialised in
Chinese history. He was
Sterling Professor of History at
Yale University from 1993 to 2008. His most widely read book is ''
The Search for Modern China'', a survey of the last several hundred years of Chinese history based on his popular course at Yale. A prolific author, reviewer, and essayist, he published over a dozen books on China. Spence's major interest was modern China, especially the
Qing dynasty, and relations between China and the West. Spence frequently used biographies to examine cultural and political history. Another common theme is the efforts of both Westerners and Chinese "to change China", and how such efforts were frustrated.
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