{"id":47,"date":"2026-04-16T13:35:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jaderelics.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=47"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:44:12","slug":"47","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/jaderelics.com\/?product=47","title":{"rendered":"The Search for Modern China by Jonathan D. Spence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This text, the classic introduction to modern China for students and general readers, emerged from Spence\u2019s highly successful introductory course at Yale, in which he traced the beginnings of modern China to internal developments beginning in the early 17th century. Strong on social and political history, as well as Chinese culture and its intersections with politics, this paperback is a longstanding leader in the survey course on modern China.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fullscreen\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/719RUviGU0L._SL1197_.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"isbn\" data-test-id=\"isbn\">ISBN 10: <a class=\"link-primary\" title=\"ISBN 10: 0393934519\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/9780393934519\/Search-Modern-China-Spence-Jonathan-0393934519\/plp\" data-csa-c-type=\"action\" data-csa-c-action=\"navigate\" data-csa-c-navigate=\"plp\" data-csa-c-navigate-identifier=\"ISBN10-0393934519\" data-csa-c-id=\"93tv3o-z72a11-w3nh01-by862a\">0393934519<\/a> <span class=\"muted\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\/<\/span> ISBN 13: <a class=\"link-primary\" title=\"ISBN 13: 9780393934519\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abebooks.com\/9780393934519\/Search-Modern-China-Spence-Jonathan-0393934519\/plp\" data-csa-c-type=\"action\" data-csa-c-action=\"navigate\" data-csa-c-navigate=\"plp\" data-csa-c-navigate-identifier=\"ISBN13-9780393934519\" data-csa-c-id=\"f9u0w8-fd2ofy-xvq8je-loowxq\"> 9780393934519<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"publisher muted\">Published by <span id=\"book-publisher\">W. W. Norton &amp; Company, 2012<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"language muted\">Language: <span id=\"book-language\" data-test-id=\"book-language\">English<\/span><\/div>\n<div>Condition: New or used but in good condition<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This text, the classic introduction to modern China for students and general readers, emerged from Spence\u2019s highly successful introductory course<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":48,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[16],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-47","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-uncategorized","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"shipping-taxable","11":"purchasable","12":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaderelics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaderelics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaderelics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaderelics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jaderelics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/47\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaderelics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jaderelics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaderelics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=47"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaderelics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=47"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jaderelics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}