Return to Dragon Mountain Memories of a Late Ming Man Hardback - 2007
by Jonathan D. Spence
A renowned historian captures a critical moment in Chinese history
Zhang Dai is recognized as one of the finest historians and essayists of China's Ming dynasty. When he was born into a wealthy family in 1597, the Ming dynasty had been in place for 229 years. Zhang's early life was marked by the expansive sense of progress that permeated Ming culture: the flourishing of reformist schools of Buddhism; wide-scale philanthropy; the education of women; a celebration of the visual arts, writing, and music; intellectual pursuit of medicine and science this was truly a time of cultural creativity and renaissance in China.
When the Ming dynasty was overthrown in the Manchu invasion of 1644, Zhang Dai's family lost their fortune and their way of life. Zhang Dai fled to the countryside, where, as a writer of tremendous skill, acuity, and passion, he spent his final forty years recounting his previous life as a way of leaving a legacy to his children and rebuilding a spirit shattered by the violent upheaval he had witnessed.
Celebrated China scholar Jonathan Spence has pored over Zhang Dai's extraordinary documents and vividly brings to life seventeenth-century China. This absorbing book illuminates a culture's transformation and reveals how China's history affects its place in the world today.
Summary
Details
- Title Return to Dragon Mountain Memories of a Late Ming Man
- Author Jonathan D. Spence
- Binding Hardback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Pages 352
- Language EN
- Publisher Viking Adult, New York
- Date September 20, 2007
- ISBN 9780670063574
More Copies for Sale
Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man
by Spence, Jonathan D
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780670063574 / 0670063576
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
- Item Price
-
$6.31$3.50 shipping to USA
Show Details
Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man
by Spence, Jonathan D
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780670063574 / 0670063576
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
- Item Price
-
$6.31$3.50 shipping to USA
Show Details
Return to Dragon Mountain : Memories of a Late Ming Man
by Jonathan D. Spence
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780670063574 / 0670063576
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
$6.31FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Return to Dragon Mountain : Memories of a Late Ming Man
by Spence, Jonathan D
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780670063574 / 0670063576
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$6.92FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man
by Jonathan Spence
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780670063574 / 0670063576
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Item Price
-
$7.00$3.50 shipping to USA
Show Details
Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man
by Jonathan D. Spence
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Very Good. Sun fading on spine or cover.
- Edition
- First Penguin
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780670063574 / 0670063576
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Barrington, Illinois, United States
- Item Price
-
$11.99$7.19Save $4.80!$5.29 shipping to USA
Show Details
Return to Dragon Mountain : Memories of a Late Ming Man
by Spence, Jonathan D
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780670063574 / 0670063576
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$7.21FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Return to Dragon Mountain : Memories of a Late Ming Man
by Spence, Jonathan D
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780670063574 / 0670063576
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$7.21FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man
by Jonathan D. Spence
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used: Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780670063574 / 0670063576
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
$8.29FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Return to Dragon Mountain Memories of a Late Ming Man
by Jonathan D. Spence
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780670063574 / 0670063576
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
- Item Price
-
$10.00$3.50 shipping to USA