Libros de Jonathan D. Spence

La Pregunta De Hu

• 158 páginas
• Escrito en un sugerente estilo narrativo, este libro reconstruye un extraordinario episodio de los contactos iniciales entre Europa y China. Relata la historia de John Hu, un converso al catolicismo de Cantón, que entró al servicio del Jean-...

La Traición Escrita

• 360 páginas
• Tras la buena acogida de El palacio de la memoria de Matteo Ricci (Tiempo de Memoria 21), es un orgullo publicar la obra más reciente de Jonathan Spence , unánimemente considerado el mejor sinólogo de la actualidad. La traición...

Foragers, Farmers, And Fossil Fuels: How Human Values Evolve

• 369 páginas
• "Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence and wealth inequality are bad. But most people who lived during the 10,000 years before the nineteenth century thought just the opposite. Drawing on archaeolog...

The Chan’s Great Continent

• 279 páginas
• China has transfixed the West since the earliest contacts between these civilizations. With his characteristic elegance and insight, Jonathan Spence explores how the West has understood China over seven centuries. Ranging from Marco Polo's own depiction...

The Gate Of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese And Their Revolution 1895-1980

• 560 páginas
• In this masterful, highly original approach to modern Chinese history, Jonathan D. Spence shows us the Chinese revolution through the eyes of its most articulate participants—the writers, historians, philosophers, and insurrectionists...

Mao Zedong

• 188 páginas
• “Spence draws upon his extensive knowledge of Chinese politics and culture to create an illuminating picture of Mao. . Superb.” ( Chicago Tribune )

Chinese Roundabout

The Memory Palace Of Matteo Ricci

• 368 páginas
• From the renowned historian and author of The Death of Woman Wang , a vivid and gripping account of the 16th-century missionary’s remarkable sojourn to Ming China