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	Yale History Faculty : Jonathan Spence
		Professor Jonathan Spence teaches in the field of Chinese history from around 1600 to the present, and on Western images of China since the middle ages.
		Jonathan Spence is president of the American Historical Association for the 2004-2005 term.
		A native of England, Spence holds a bachelor's degree from Cambridge University and master's and doctoral degrees from Yale.
	www.yale.edu /history/faculty/spence.html (330 words)

	Jonathan Spence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jonathan D. Spence (August 11, 1936–) is a British-born historian, specialising in Chinese history.
		Jonathan Spence is president of the American Historical Association for the 2004-2005 term.
		Spence was educated at Clare College, Cambridge and holds a bachelor's degree from Cambridge University and master's and doctoral degrees from Yale.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jonathan_Spence (223 words)

	Amazon.ca: Mao Zedong: Books: Jonathan Spence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Spence presents the highlights of Mao's life: his rural background, the long struggle to find a place and a way to oppose the old regime, the many wives and children, the incredibly difficult opposition to the Japanese and the Nationalists during WWII and the long, rather disastrous reign as China's leader.
		Spence is a biographer and a historian, not a poet.
		Spence's biography of Mao, while not satisfying to most of the other Amazon reviewers, is a fairly good portrait of the man. If you are looking for the whole sweep of Chinese history in the twentieth century, then this is the wrong book.
	www.amazon.ca /Mao-Zedong-Jonathan-Spence/dp/0143037722 (1422 words)

	The Historian: God's Chinese Son: The Taipei Heavenly Kingdom ... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Jonathan Spence offers in this volume an engaging account of the Taiping Rebellion, the momentous religious and social movement that shook much of China during the mid-nineteenth century.
		Spence's greatest contribution is the more intimate portrait he provides of the leaders of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, in particular of God's "Chinese son," Hong Xiuquan.
		Spence depends for this portrait on three volumes of Taiping texts printed in Nanjing in the 1860s and later discovered by Chinese historian, Wang Qingcheng.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:20118811&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (581 words)

	AHA: About Us
		Jonathan D. Spence, Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, was born in England on August 11, 1936, the son of Dermot and Muriel Crailsham Spence.
		Professor Spence’s maternal grandfather taught at Clifton College in Bristol during the Great War, and his mother, who attended finishing school in London, was a passionate student of French language and literature.
		Professor Spence was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1985 and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 1988, the same year he was appointed to the Council of Scholars at the Library of Congress.
	www.historians.org /info/AHA_History/spencebio.cfm (2236 words)

	Beijing Scene (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Spence's all-too-human Mao is more believable and interesting than the cardboard figures found in hagiographic studies or in forays into demonology, such as Dr. Li Zhisui's hyperbolic though illuminating memoir, The Private Life of Chairman Mao.
		I was pleased to see Spence stress (especially in Chapter 5: "Workers and Peasants") the effect that working with the Nationalists during the mid-1920s had on Mao that helped hone his organizational skills and grasp what the "manipulation of belief through well-conceptualized propaganda" - as Spence puts it (page 98) - could accomplish.
		Spence borrows this term from the world of topsy-turvy medieval festivals of the West, but notes that many Chinese philosophers also had an interest in the "dizzying possibilities inherent in turning things upside down" (p.
	www.beijingscene.com /v07i002/books.html (1293 words)

	Paul Musgrave Dot Com: Benjamin I. Schwartz, China and Other Matters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Yet while Spence’s collection brings together narratives and articles that focus on the traditional questions of history—who, when, how—Schwartz pitches his book to appeal only to those who are already well-versed in Chinese history, historiographical debates, and postmodernism and the philosophy of science (preferably, one suspects, all three).
		Spence speculates, in what may be too intimate a detail, on the couple’s sexual habits: “More cryptic notations scattered across the pages probably refer to their love-making, with Sundays either before or after Mass a favored time.” (p.
		Spence surveys the construction of “China” that different generations of Western explorers, thinkers and artists have conveyed to their audiences, from the exquisitely virtuous and exemplary empire of Matteo Ricci’s notes to the China of Franz Kafka, which is not a real place, but “a world for phantom explorations of loneliness and time.” (p.
	www.paulmusgrave.com /blog/archives/000056.html (1183 words)

	Evangel University - Project Envision (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Jonathan Spence is the Coordinator of the Leadership Track for Project Envision.
		Jonathan received a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Science from Evangel in 1988 and a Master of Science in Education from Southwest Missouri State University in 1997.
		Jonathan is married to Danica (Weiss) and they have three sons: Jon Thomas (7), Jordan (6), and Jared (2).
	www.evangel.edu /ProjectEnvision/CurrentStudents/SpenceJ.asp (180 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci: Books: Jonathan D. Spence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Jonathan Spence is the author of more than a dozen books on China, including the Gate of Heavenly Peace, The Search for Modern China, Mao Zedong and God's Chinese Son.
		Jonathan Spence's approach here is so effortlessly engaging, so like a work of historically informed fiction, that you can easily lose sight of just how responsible and convincing it is at the same time.
		Spence deftly allows Ricci's own images to define the scope of the narrative as well, so he isn't burdened with scholarly asides attempting to fill in the gaps with a general history.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Memory-Palace-Matteo-Jonathan-Spence/dp/0670468304 (635 words)

	The Bookshelf for Programs from Duende:Drama & Literature
		Jonathan D. Spence, the Yale University historian, has with his rapidly accumulating books emerged as the preeminent Western literary historian of China.
		Spence puts it, was an event "as strange as any to be found in Chinese history"--or, for that matter, in global history--and God's Chinese Son is to a great extent about that strangeness.
		Spence traces Hong's eventual conversion and command of legions of religious acolytes into a vast army of supporters destined to attempt an astounding overthrow of the Manchu dynasty.
	www.duendedrama.com /bookshlfgm02.htm (386 words)

	UGC 112 F (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		In The Death of Woman Wang, Jonathan Spence draws on a rather unusual combination of sources to recreate the turbulent world of rural T’an-ch’eng county in the 17th century, in the decades following the collapse of the Ming empire and the Manchu conquest of China.
		Relying especially on biographies and fictional stories, Spence focuses on the men and women whose lives and feelings are often overlooked in history books: from petty officials and tax-collectors to farmers and peddlers, bandits and gangsters, soldiers and students, diviners and concubines, unfaithful wives and abusive husbands, orphans and widows.
		Spence saves her story for the last chapter of the book, using the preceding chapters to lay the necessary groundwork so that we can better understand both Woman Wang’s desperate actions and the reasons for her tragic end.
	wings.buffalo.edu /courses/sp01/ugc/112n/assignments_study_guides/womanwangstudyguide.html (633 words)

	Chinese Poems Bookstore
		Spence uses it as a frame for the story of Ricci himself, who secured for his Jesuit order an important role in Chinese society, but who failed in his real ambition of converting the nation to Catholicism.
		One of Spence's denser works, this is nevertheless a fascinating account of the Taiping rebellion, led by a Christian fundamentalist who believed himself to be the son of God.
		Spence traces China's history from the fall of the Ming dynasty down to the modern era.
	www.chinese-poems.com /books.html (764 words)

	Spence
		Jonathan Spence is the Sterling Professor of History and director of the Graduate Studies Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University, specializing in the history of China since the 16th century.
		Spence is dedicated to incorporating the study of Chinese history into the broader perspectives of world history and Western Civilization.
		Spence received the William C. DeVane Medal of the Yale Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1978 in recognition of outstanding teaching and scholarship.
	wupa.wustl.edu /asmbly/bio/Spence (178 words)

	Amazon.com: Mao Zedong: Books: Jonathan Spence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Jonathan Spence's biography of Mao was my first experience with the new Penguin Lives series, and I was unsure what to expect.
		In this book, Jonathan Spence offers a short introduction to the Chinese leader's life and times, one that seeks to explain how the son of Hunan farmers became the ruler of the most populous country in the world.
		Jonathan Spence is probably the leading Western scholar on Chinese history, and for that reason alone this book is worth reading.
	www.amazon.com /Mao-Zedong-Jonathan-Spence/dp/0736648542 (1742 words)

	Mao Zedong (Penguin Lives) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Jonathan Spence brings great erudition to the story of this flawed colossus.
		The young revolutionary's infamous willfulness is soon apparent, yet Spence rounds out his character by, for example, quoting a poem to his beloved first wife and mentioning the profit he made from an early capitalist venture, a bookstore.
		China was convulsed for nearly a century by almost constant war and revolution, and Spence uses the life of the man at the heart of so many historic events to elucidate the whole momentous epoch.
	home.mn.rr.com /nsjfoster/Books/MaoZedong(PenguinLives).html (229 words)

	The Taiping Vision of a Christian China 1836—1864 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Spence gives special attention to Hong's introduction to Christian texts and his eventual use of Christian scripture to interpret his role as "God's Chinese Son." Spence poignantly articulates how Hong interpreted scripture not only to maintain his spiritual and political leadership over his followers, but also to anticipate the apocalyptic conclusion to his earthly kingdom.
		A native of England, Spence received his B.A. from Cambridge University and the M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale.
		Spence's previous publications include Change China: Western Advisers in China from 1620—1960, The Gate of Heavenly Peace, The Question of Hu, and The Search for Modern China.
	www.tamu.edu /upress/BOOKS/1998/spence.htm (225 words)

	Bookreporter.com - TREASON BY THE BOOK by Jonathan D. Spence
		The first thing one has to say about TREASON BY THE BOOK by Jonathan Spence is this --- it will demand every bit of your time and will deserve every minute of it.
		Spence is a premier Sinologist whose previous titles (THE DEATH OF WOMAN WANG, THE QUESTION OF HU, just to name a few) have brought him the reputation of being a detailed historian and a remarkable storyteller.
		Spence notes, "It is a book about a world most of us have lost, in which the arrival of every stranger in one's home village was an event, to be mulled over and reflected upon for years." The treason that Yongzheng and his officials root out is only possible in such a world.
	aolsvc.bookreporter.aol.com /reviews/0670892920.asp (690 words)

	God's Chinese Son
		This account of the Taiping movement by Jonathan D. Spence, a Sterling Professor of History at Yale, is a rare delight.
		Spence is a veteran sinologist, notable for maintaining his critical integrity in a field traditionally marred by political kowtowing.
		Spence keeps close to the narrative history, giving just enough background information on Chinese (particularly southern Chinese) folk customs and religious beliefs to make the story comprehensible.
	pages.prodigy.net /aesir/gcs.htm (4268 words)

	The Union College Chronicle
		Jonathan Spence, one of the foremost authorities on the history and politics of modern China, will deliver the main address at the Founders Day convocation on Thursday, Feb. 24, at 11:30 a.m.
		Spence's talk, "Researching China: The Past and the Present," is free and open to the public.
		Spence, the Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, is the author of more than a dozen books on modern China including The Gate of Heavenly Peace, China in Western Minds and a new biography of Mao Zedong.
	www.union.edu /N/DS/edition_display.php?e=310 (1568 words)

	'Treason by the Book' - The New Companion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Jonathan Spence's Treason by the Book traces the vast and intricate train of events set in motion by this seemingly trivial incident.
		Spence brings the actors back to life despite the distance in time, place and culture.
		For this, we can thank the recording zeal of the Qing bureaucracy, those who preserved the voluminous records of the case over two centuries of turbulent Chinese history, and especially Jonathan Spence, whose writing is vivid and compelling throughout.
	www.newcompanion.com /contents/cont04/030221treason.html (539 words)

	Free Times: Book Review: Mao Zedong by Jonathan Spence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Besides the fact, as biographer Jonathan Spence tells us, that his “beginnings were commonplace, his education episodic, his talents unexceptional,” he looked like a milquetoast bank clerk who had wandered into the wrong building.
		For Spence, Mao’s long rule of China was reminiscent of a famous tradition in Europe in the Middle Ages, when a “Lord of Misrule” was elected during the revels of the twelve days of Christmas to take over from the masters of great households.
		I’ve never read any of Jonathan Spence’s many books on China, but this small one clearly demonstrates his breadth of knowledge of China history.
	www.free-times.com /Reviews/zedong.html (1056 words)

	Writing Lab
		Spence's description of how Chinese scholars sitting for the government examination reacted vehemently to the signing of the treaty with Japan in 1895 (Spence, 36) raises questions about contemporary American politics.
		One of the ideas from Spence's passage is applied to another situation; however, since Spence's passage inspired the application, the writer gives credit to Spence.
		However, the passage from Spence has clearly inspired this discussion, since the passage uses Spence's example of risk-taking people with the less brave people in the contemporary example.
	www.grinnell.edu /academic/writinglab/cite_and_paraphrase/how_to_cite (373 words)

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		Spence, Jonathan D. The Chinese century : a photographic history of the last hundred years.
		Spence, Jonathan D. The Gate of Heavenly Peace : the Chinese and their revolution, 1895-1980.
		Spence, an old China specialist, gives a complex account of the Chinese intellectuals and Chinese politics in the late 19th-early 20th centuries.
	www.indiana.edu /~hisdcl/bibliochina.doc (533 words)

	January 23, 1998 - Jonathan Spence, Ph.D. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Today's China is a behemoth on the move, flexing its muscles off the coast of Taiwan and reclaiming Hong Kong from British rule.
		Moreover, China's secretive leadership and a timid central bureaucracy are reminiscent of the China ruled by emperors hundreds of years ago.
		Jonathan Spence, Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, explores how history has shaped modern China and whether China's rulers today are ready for what is to come in the next 100 years.
	www.calvin.edu /january/1998/spence.htm (174 words)

	Trilogy Poetry
		Jonathan Spence (son) and Sheila Parrish-Spence (mother) of Trilogy Poetry, with Carol Meekins, WTMJ4 News Anchor at the Best of the Best awards ceremony held at the Italian Center, and sponsored by The Milwaukee Community Journal Newspaper.
		Jonathan Spence of Trilogy Poetry signs autographs for a variety of fans after his performance as the Beast in Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.
		Jonathan Spence of Trilogy Poetry and Jackie Moore Bowles, National President of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. after his performance in Walt Disney's Beauty and the Beast.
	www.trilogypoetry.com /community.htm (619 words)

	Chan's Great Continent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Peopling Spence's account are Iberian adventurers, Enlightenment thinkers, spinners of the dreamy cult of Chinoiserie, and American observers such as Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Ezra Pound, and Eugene O'Neill.
		Spence brilliantly demonstrates [how] generation after generation of Westerners [have] asked themselves, 'What is it.
		Jonathan D. Spence, Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, is the award-winning author of a remarkable body of work on Chinese history and culture, including The Search for Modern China, a New York Times bestseller.
	www.wwnorton.com /catalog/fall99/chan.htm (248 words)

	KeepMedia \| Maisonneuve: China's Dangerous Opportunity
		Jonathan Spence, acclaimed for his scholarly yet accessible works on China, was first drawn to the country after reading the eighteenth-century classic The Dream of the Red Chamber, a multi-generational epic by Cao Xueqin.
		Through it, he came to recognize that one could draw a connection between literary imagination, individual lives and grand societal features. The Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, Spence has since devoted fourteen books and forty-plus years to the study of Chinese history and culture.
		After speaking with Spence and exploring his works, Maisonneuve contributor Tod Hoffman assembled the following statements on China, the idea of history and the contemporary geopolitical situation.
	keepmedia.com /pubs/Maisonneuve/2004/01/16/481191?extID=10037&oliID=229 (227 words)

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