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Book Review: China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power

Published in June 13th, 2008
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Title: China Wakes: The Struggle for the Soul of a Rising Power
Author: Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn
Publisher: First Vintage Books Edition
Pub. Date: August 1995
ISBN-13: 0-679-76393-7
Pages: 490pp
China Woke Me Up
I’m going to take a chance that I’m going to get a bad grade for this review and […]

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Book Review: India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy

Published in March 21st, 2008
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Title: India After Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy
Author: Ramachandra Guha
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date: July 2007
ISBN-13: 9780060198817
Pages: 893pp
 
The Synopsis
After reading one of the best history books I’ve ever picked up, The Search for Modern China by Jonathan D. Spence, and subsequent review, I wanted to supplement my knowledge of other […]

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Book Review: The Search for Modern China

Published in December 6th, 2007
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Book: The Search for Modern China
Author: Jonathan D. Spence (Ph.D. in History, Yale 1965)
ISBN: 0-393-30780-8
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Pub. Date: October 2001
Pages: 876pp
 
Review by: Simeon Trieu
 
Synopsis
The Search for Modern China is about the journey the Chinese have taken throughout history. Although Chinese history spans thousands of years and ranks among some of the oldest […]

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