A review by drknockers
The Search For Modern China by Jonathan D. Spence

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

It’s hard to put 400 years of history as rich as that of China’s into one book, but Spence did a spectacular job. I found myself looking up events that were only fleetingly referenced that need their own books to truly tell the full story, but such is the restraint of a general history. Learning about the collapse of the last dynasty and the several decades long revolution that culminated in the establishment of the CCP and the People’s Republic was thrilling, while learning about industrial output and how art changed was a bit more dull. Still, what an achievement!