Many of Jonathan Spence’s 14 books and dozens of essays aimed to convey China and the lives of Chinese people in their own voices
HONG KONG—Yale University historian Jonathan D. Spence, who brought China and its past alive to a broad audience through widely read books and popular lectures, died Saturday. He was 85.
In 1990, Mr. Spence published “The Search for Modern China,” an account both sweeping and detailed of China’s history from 1600 through the late 20th century that became a foundational text for generations of Americans studying the country.
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