How long does it take to read The Search for Modern China?
The Search for Modern China by Jonathan D. Spence takes about 16 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 4 minutes
A long haul
First published 1990. 876 pages, about 240,900 words.
33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 26 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This book is the second edition of the author's history of modern China. The new discussions in this revision include the extension of imperial power into central Asia by the eighteenth century emperors, women's literacy and education in the Qing, the early development of Chinese nationalism, the roots of Chinese communism and alternatives to Mao, the early stages of the Great Leap Forward and of the Cultural Revolution. Also, there is a new chapter at the end of the book on economic, cultural, and political developments since 1989.
Subjects: History, Historia, Histoire, Qing Dynasty (China)
