Susan Naquin is an American professor of history at Princeton University. She specialises in late Imperial China history. Here are 4 of her books. They…
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Tag: Chinese History (Books)
In the Wake of the Mongols
This 2018 book examines how the Chinese society in Northern China, in general, and in Shanxi in particular, reorganized itself after the devastating invasion of…
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The Unfinished Revolution
This biography of Sun Yat Sen published in 2017 is a wonderful read. It is a useful addition to the corpus as the last substantial…
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1587, A Year of No Significance: The Ming Dynasty in Decline
1587 A Year of No Significance the Ming Dynasty in Decline, is an interesting micro view of Emperor Wan Li and 6 high officers of…
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The Age of Openness
The Age of Openness – China before Mao explores the Republican era from 1911 to 1949. Frank Dikotter in his long essay of 102 pages…
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The enigma of China’s economy
The 18th century was the most prosperous age in China’s history. Post 18th century China’s economy declined. (Chinese Society in the 18th century by Susan…
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By Scott Berry
A Stranger in Tibet is a fascinating book on the journey of a Japanese Zen monk into forbidden Tibet in 1900. He was the first…
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A Daughter of Han
This is the life story of a Chinese peasant who lived from 1867 to 1938. Born in Peng Lai, a city in Shantung, facing Manchuria…
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Six Records of a Floating Life
This memoir on six distinct areas of the life of a Ching dynasty scholar, Shen Fu, was written in 1809. We only have four records…
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China: The history
These 3 books on China are excellent. All 3 are out of print. Two are over 1000 pages. Gernet is about 800 pages. All three…
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