{"id":5676,"date":"2022-02-05T11:20:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/?page_id=5676"},"modified":"2022-02-05T11:20:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T03:20:25","slug":"books-about-chinese-contemporary-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/recommended-books-reading-materials\/books-about-chinese-contemporary-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Books about Chinese Contemporary History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Late 19th to the 20th century onward. Modern or near modern times.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"mbdb_book_grid_5675\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-div\" style=\"padding-left:0px;\"><span itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Book\"  class=\"mbdb_float_grid\" style=\"height: 230px; width: 180px;\"><div class=\"mbdb_grid_image\"><a id=\"book_6104\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/china-at-work-an-illustrated-record-of-the-primitive-industries-of-chinas-masses-whose-life-is-toil-and-thus-an-account-of-chinese-civilization\/?grid_referrer=5676\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"height: 180px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/China-at-Work-An-Illustrated-Record-of-the-Primitive-Industries-of-Chinas-Masses-Whose-Life-is-Toil-and-Thus-an-Account-of-Chinese-Civilization-300x288.jpg\"  alt=\"Book Cover: China at Work - An Illustrated Record of the Primitive Industries of China&#039;s Masses, Whose Life is Toil, and Thus an Account of Chinese Civilization\"  data-book=\"6104\" \/><\/a><\/div><span class=\"mbdb_grid_title\" itemprop=\"name\"><a itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/china-at-work-an-illustrated-record-of-the-primitive-industries-of-chinas-masses-whose-life-is-toil-and-thus-an-account-of-chinese-civilization\/?grid_referrer=5676\">China at Work - An Illustrated Record of the Primitive Industries of China&#039;s Masses, Whose Life is Toil, and Thus an Account of Chinese Civilization<\/a><\/span><\/span><span itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Book\"  class=\"mbdb_float_grid\" style=\"height: 230px; width: 180px;\"><div class=\"mbdb_grid_image\"><a id=\"book_7071\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/blood-red-sunset-a-memoir-of-the-chinese-cultural-revolution\/?grid_referrer=5676\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"height: 180px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Blood-Red-Sunset-A-Memoir-of-the-Chinese-Cultural-Revolution-194x300.jpg\"  alt=\"Blood Red Sunset: A Memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution\"  data-book=\"7071\" \/><\/a><\/div><span class=\"mbdb_grid_title\" itemprop=\"name\"><a itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/blood-red-sunset-a-memoir-of-the-chinese-cultural-revolution\/?grid_referrer=5676\">Blood Red Sunset: A Memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution<\/a><\/span><\/span><span itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Book\"  class=\"mbdb_float_grid\" style=\"height: 230px; width: 180px;\"><div class=\"mbdb_grid_image\"><a id=\"book_5707\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/shanghai-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-decadent-city-1842-1949\/?grid_referrer=5676\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"height: 180px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Shanghai-The-Rise-and-Fall-of-a-Decadent-City-1842-1949-200x300.jpg\"  alt=\"Book Cover: Shanghai : The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City 1842-1949\"  data-book=\"5707\" \/><\/a><\/div><span class=\"mbdb_grid_title\" itemprop=\"name\"><a itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/shanghai-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-decadent-city-1842-1949\/?grid_referrer=5676\">Shanghai : The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City 1842-1949<\/a><\/span><\/span><span itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Book\"  class=\"mbdb_float_grid\" style=\"height: 230px; width: 180px;\"><div class=\"mbdb_grid_image\"><a id=\"book_6110\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/imperial-china-900-1800\/?grid_referrer=5676\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"height: 180px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Imperial-China-900\u20131800-188x300.jpg\"  alt=\"Book Cover: Imperial China, 900\u20131800\"  data-book=\"6110\" \/><\/a><\/div><span class=\"mbdb_grid_title\" itemprop=\"name\"><a itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/imperial-china-900-1800\/?grid_referrer=5676\">Imperial China, 900\u20131800<\/a><\/span><\/span><span itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Book\"  class=\"mbdb_float_grid\" style=\"height: 230px; width: 180px;\"><div class=\"mbdb_grid_image\"><a id=\"book_5724\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/suzhou-where-the-goods-of-all-the-provinces-converge\/?grid_referrer=5676\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"height: 180px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/51d7AxMny5L._SX325_BO1204203200_-197x300.jpg\"  alt=\"Book Cover: Suzhou: Where the Goods of All the Provinces Converge\"  data-book=\"5724\" \/><\/a><\/div><span class=\"mbdb_grid_title\" itemprop=\"name\"><a itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/suzhou-where-the-goods-of-all-the-provinces-converge\/?grid_referrer=5676\">Suzhou: Where the Goods of All the Provinces Converge<\/a><\/span><\/span><span itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Book\"  class=\"mbdb_float_grid\" style=\"height: 230px; width: 180px;\"><div class=\"mbdb_grid_image\"><a id=\"book_5696\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/chinas-porcelain-capital-the-rise-fall-and-reinvention-of-ceramics-in-jingdezhen\/?grid_referrer=5676\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"height: 180px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Chinas-Porcelain-Capital-The-Rise-Fall-and-Reinvention-of-Ceramics-in-Jingdezhen-193x300.jpg\"  alt=\"China&#039;s Porcelain Capital The Rise, Fall and Reinvention of Ceramics in Jingdezhen\"  data-book=\"5696\" \/><\/a><\/div><span class=\"mbdb_grid_title\" itemprop=\"name\"><a itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/chinas-porcelain-capital-the-rise-fall-and-reinvention-of-ceramics-in-jingdezhen\/?grid_referrer=5676\">China&#039;s Porcelain Capital: The Rise, Fall and Reinvention of Ceramics in Jingdezhen<\/a><\/span><\/span><span itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Book\"  class=\"mbdb_float_grid\" style=\"height: 230px; width: 180px;\"><div class=\"mbdb_grid_image\"><a id=\"book_5710\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/shanghai-art-of-the-city\/?grid_referrer=5676\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"height: 180px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Shanghai-Art-of-the-City-231x300.jpg\"  alt=\"Shanghai Art of the City\"  data-book=\"5710\" \/><\/a><\/div><span class=\"mbdb_grid_title\" itemprop=\"name\"><a itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/shanghai-art-of-the-city\/?grid_referrer=5676\">Shanghai: Art of the City<\/a><\/span><\/span><span itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Book\"  class=\"mbdb_float_grid\" style=\"height: 230px; width: 180px;\"><div class=\"mbdb_grid_image\"><a id=\"book_5726\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/travels-in-a-vanishing-empire-china-1915-to-1918-the-journals-of-james-archibald-mitchell\/?grid_referrer=5676\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"height: 180px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Travels-in-a-Vanishing-Empire-China-1915-to-1918-The-Journals-of-James-Archibald-Mitchell-189x300.jpg\"  alt=\"Travels in a Vanishing Empire: China 1915 to 1918: The Journals of James Archibald Mitchell\"  data-book=\"5726\" \/><\/a><\/div><span class=\"mbdb_grid_title\" itemprop=\"name\"><a itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/travels-in-a-vanishing-empire-china-1915-to-1918-the-journals-of-james-archibald-mitchell\/?grid_referrer=5676\">Travels in a Vanishing Empire: China 1915 to 1918: The Journals of James Archibald Mitchell<\/a><\/span><\/span><span itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Book\"  class=\"mbdb_float_grid\" style=\"height: 230px; width: 180px;\"><div class=\"mbdb_grid_image\"><a id=\"book_5582\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/the-dragon-and-the-eagle-american-traders-in-china-a-century-of-trade-from-1784-to-1900\/?grid_referrer=5676\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"height: 180px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/The-Dragon-and-the-Eagle-American-Traders-in-China-A-Century-of-Trade-from-1784-to-1900-232x300.jpg\"  alt=\"The Dragon and the Eagle: American Traders in China A Century of Trade from 1784 to 1900\"  data-book=\"5582\" \/><\/a><\/div><span class=\"mbdb_grid_title\" itemprop=\"name\"><a itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/the-dragon-and-the-eagle-american-traders-in-china-a-century-of-trade-from-1784-to-1900\/?grid_referrer=5676\">The Dragon and the Eagle: American Traders in China, A Century of Trade from 1784 to 1900<\/a><\/span><\/span><span itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Book\"  class=\"mbdb_float_grid\" style=\"height: 230px; width: 180px;\"><div class=\"mbdb_grid_image\"><a id=\"book_6407\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/bosshard-in-china-documenting-social-change-in-the-1930s\/?grid_referrer=5676\"><img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" style=\"height: 180px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Bosshard-in-China-Documenting-Social-Change-in-the-1930s-2-254x300.jpg\"  alt=\"Bosshard in China Documenting Social Change in the 1930s\"  data-book=\"6407\" \/><\/a><\/div><span class=\"mbdb_grid_title\" itemprop=\"name\"><a itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\" class=\"mbm-book-grid-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antique-chinese-furniture.com\/blog\/book\/bosshard-in-china-documenting-social-change-in-the-1930s\/?grid_referrer=5676\">Bosshard in China: Documenting Social Change in the 1930s<\/a><\/span><\/span><span itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Book\"  class=\"mbdb_float_grid\" style=\"height: 230px; 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