New Releases by Jonathan D. Spence

史景遷史學研究起始之作，開啟西方漢學新面向。 細膩書寫康熙寵臣曹寅的家族興衰， 反映清朝政治、財經、社會等多元面向， 立體再現康熙盛世的浮世織錦。 曹寅作為康熙皇帝的家奴，以歸順旗人的漢人身分，遊走滿漢二元社會，署理攸關稅收的兩淮鹽政與御用供給的江寧織造，聲勢日隆，其一生仕途和家族起落與康熙密切相關。史景遷企圖透過曹寅來反映康熙的統治手腕與清初政經社會面貌，也重構曹雪芹筆下《紅樓夢》背後的曹家真實景況。 本書為史景遷師從明清史學家房兆楹所做的博士論文，擺脫以往西方學者著重在西方因素影響東方歷史的研究觀點，重新觀察明末清初中國社會的滿漢關係與社會變革。本論文榮獲珀特爾論文獎（the John Addison Porter Prize），不僅是史景遷一生學術著作的起點，也為中國近現代史學研究提供新面向。

史景遷作品在台灣出版的最後一塊拼圖 一字未刪繁體中文版 薈萃史景遷學術關懷與研究精華的經典之作 史景遷在廣受讚譽的學術生涯中，已確立其傑出中國歷史詮釋者的崇高地位，他的著作展示了非凡的學識、活力、優雅和想像力，吸引了無數讀者，讓一般大眾也能接觸到原本只有專家才能了解的主題。《中國縱橫》精選了25篇史景遷重要的短篇作品，是史景遷唯一一本短篇文選。 與最會說故事的漢學家一起放眼寰宇、縱橫華夏 《中國縱橫》全書分成五大部分：1.黃嘉略、利瑪竇、馬爾羅的《誘惑》等跨越東西文化藩籬的人物與思想；2.儒學發展以及中國政府公權力的運作機制；3.食物、稅制、藥品、鴉片等中國社會百態的研究；4.脫離帝制後的近代革命中國；5.追憶業師暨漢學巨擘的紀念文字。這25篇文章包含了與史景遷的長篇巨作相互呼應的主題，讓讀者得以一窺其治學脈絡，並在充滿情感與知性的筆致中，共赴一趟中國歷史與文化的探索之旅。 名家推薦 伍佰（音樂人） 何致和（作家） 吳家恆（數位傳聲製作總監） 吳展良（國立臺灣大學歷史學系教授） 宋怡慧（新北市立丹鳳高中圖書館主任，作家） 李孝悌（國立中央大學歷史研究所講座教授） 沈旭暉（國立中山大學政治學研究所副教授） 金老ㄕ（「故事：寫給所有人的歷史」專欄作家） 神奇海獅（歷史作家） 馬雅人（FB馬雅國駐臺辦事處） 康豹（中央研究院近代史研究所特聘研究員） 陳一隆（臺中一中歷史科教師兼任祕書） 陳國棟（中央研究院歷史語言研究所研究員） 陳茻（與點堂創辦人） 陳榮彬（國立臺灣大學文學院翻譯碩士學位學程副教授） 陳德政（作家） 溫洽溢（世新大學社會發展研究所副教授兼所長） 廖彥博（歷史作家，譯者） 蔡依橙（陪你看國際新聞創辦人） 蔡偉傑（國立中正大學歷史學系助理教授） 蔣竹山（國立中央大學歷史研究所副教授兼文學院學士班主任） 鄭俊德（閱讀人社群主編） 鄭培凱（香港非物質文化遺產諮詢委員會主席，集古學社社長） 謝金魚（歷史作家） 謝哲青（作家╱節目主持人） 藍崇文（特聘教授） ──各界名家 齊聲推薦（依姓名筆畫排序）

"A magnificent tapestry…a story that reaches beyond China into our world and time: a story of faith, hope, passion, and a fatal grandiosity." —Washington Post Book World Whether read for its powerful account of the largest uprising in human history, or for its foreshadowing of the terrible convulsions suffered by twentieth-century China, or for the narrative power of a great historian at his best, God''s Chinese Son must be read. At the center of this history of China''s Taiping rebellion (1845-64) stands Hong Xiuquan, a failed student of Confucian doctrine who ascends to heaven in a dream and meets his heavenly family: God, Mary, and his older brother, Jesus. He returns to earth charged to eradicate the "demon-devils," the alien Manchu rulers of China. His success carries him and his followers to the heavenly capital at Nanjing, where they rule a large part of south China for more than a decade. Their decline and fall, wrought by internal division and the unrelenting military pressures of the Manchus and the Western powers, carry them to a hell on earth. Twenty million Chinese are left dead.

A remarkable re-creation of the life of K''ang-hsi, emperor of the Manchu dynasty from 1661-1772, assembled from documents that survived his reign. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index.

This lively and elegant book by the acclaimed historian Jonathan D. Spence reconstructs an extraordinary episode in the early intercourse between Europe and China. It is the story of John Hu, a lowly but devout Chinese Catholic, who in 1722 accompanied a Jesuit missionary on a journey to France--a journey that ended with Hu''s confinement in a lunatic asylum. At once a triumph of historical detective work and a gripping narrative, The Question of Hu deftly probes the collision of tw ocultures, with their different definitions of faith, madness, and moral obligation.

Michael Jackson: A Life in the Spotlight pulls together images from Getty Images'' vast resource (an unparalleled collection of Jackson images, including those from the renowned archives of Redfern and Michael Ochs).

“Splendid . . . One could not imagine a better subject than Zhan Dai for Spence.” (The New Republic) Celebrated China scholar Jonathan Spence vividly brings to life seventeenth-century China through this biography of Zhang Dai, recognized as one of the finest historians and essayists of the Ming dynasty. Born in 1597, Zhang Dai was forty-seven when the Ming dynasty, after more than two hundred years of rule, was overthrown by the Manchu invasion of 1644. Having lost his fortune and way of life, Zhang Dai fled to the countryside and spent his final forty years recounting the time of creativity and renaissance during Ming rule before the violent upheaval of its collapse. This absorbing tale of Zhang Dai’s life illuminates the transformation of a culture and reveals how China’s history affects its place in the world today.

本书以意大利来华传教士利玛窦于1583年进入中国的传教经历为主轴,力求在全球史观的宏观指引下,在丰富、多元的材料的掌握基础上,客观评价利玛窦的生命意义,认真探讨各宗教间的相互关系,深入研究中国民间风俗和中国文化,从而栩栩如生地再现历史场景。

本书集作者近三十年来中国历史研究之精华,涉及中西文化交流以及中国政治、经济、文化、社会生活的诸多层面。

本书通过对康熙遗诏草稿的扩充性解释,采用倒叙、插叙、补叙、跨越时空的回忆等手法,以六个范畴来揭示康熙的成长过程、经济的具体活动和策略,人生的种种体验等情况。

“A savory, fascinating story of absolute rule, one that not only reveals a great deal about China’s turbulent past but also suggests where some of the more durable reflexes of China’s current leaders have their roots. . . . A detective yarn and a picaresque tale.” (Richard Bernstein, The New York Times) Shortly before noon on October 28, 1728, General Yue Zhongqi, the most powerful military and civilian official in northwest China, was en route to his headquarters. Suddenly, out of the crowd, a stranger ran toward Yue and passed him an envelope—an envelope containing details of a treasonous plot to overthrow the Manchu government. This thrilling story of a conspiracy against the Qing dynasty in 1728 is a captivating tale of intrigue and a fascinating exploration of what it means to rule and be ruled. Once again, Jonathan Spence has created a vivid portrait of the rich culture that surrounds a most dramatic moment in Chinese history.

A história de uma conspiração na China do século XVIII e o destino de seus principais protagonistas adquirem vida e atualidade nesta obra de Jonathan Spence, professor na Universidade Yale. O Historiador relata com arte de romancista as motivações e ideais do conspirador Zeng Jing, as investigações para desvendar a trama e a maneira pela qual o imperador Yongzheng procura desfazer a rede de boatos e intrigas sobre seu reinado e sua conduta moral.SPence descreve práticas de controle ideológico que causariam inveja às ditaduras modernas. O Soberano monta uma gigantesca operação de propaganda e relações públicas, estabelece um surpreendente debate epistolar com o conspirador e acaba por perdoá-lo. SOb o título O despertar de um equívoco, as cartas são reunidas num livro que constitui um verdadeiro "manual da traição". MIlhares de exemplares da obra são espalhados onde quer que existam letrados, nas escolas, universidades e bibliotecas das aldeias mais remotas, para edificação do povo. AO assumir o trono, porém, o filho e sucessor de Yongzheng sela o destino de Zeng Jing de maneira abrupta e impiedosa, num desfecho que mostra a lógica implacável do poder imperial: não pode haver perdão para um traidor.

本书作者英文名为:Jonathan D. Spence,译为:斯彭斯。

Jonathan Spence captures Mao in all his paradoxical grandeur and sheds light on the radical transformation he unleashed that still reverberates in China today."--BOOK JACKET.

Enlightenment thinkers, spinners of the cult of Chinoiserie, and American observers such as Bret Harte, Mark Twain, and Eugene O''Neill convey Western thought on China.

本书是作者1987年应邀在北京大学讲学的记录。本书第一次总结了世界文学中的中国形象,并按历史顺序作了系统的介绍和分析,论证了文化类同与文化利用的理论.

Aan de hand van vele foto''s en uitgebreide tekst wordt de geschiedenis van China van 1895 tot en met 1995 gegeven.

"If one has the art, then a piece of celery or salted cabbage can be made into a marvelous delicacy; whereas if one has not the art, not all the greatest delicacies and rarities of land, sea, or sky are of any avail." --a Beijing cook, nineteenth century from Chinese Roundabout