B&B Meeting: The Search For Modern China -- Part 1

Everyone, please join us on Monday, September 8 at 7 p.m. to discuss The Search For Modern China Part 1 | 388 pp of 707 total by Jonathan Spence. We will read the first half of the book in September and the second in October. If you don't want to pay for the Fourth Edition from June 2025 get the Third Edition from 2012, but not the original book from 1990.

The Search for Modern China originated in a legendary course at Yale taught by the late Jonathan Spence and has been the best-selling text for students and teachers of modern Chinese history ever since. Janet Chen (Princeton University), a leading scholar and expert in social and cultural history, updates The Search for Modern China for a new generation. Incorporating insights from recent scholarship throughout, she has also streamlined the text to make it more student-friendly while maintaining the spellbinding narrative.

Our meetings have a $3 fee, purely to offset the cost of Meetup. This can be paid via Venmo, Paypal, or in cash.