A passion for facts [electronic resource] : social surveys and the construction of the Chinese nation state, 1900-1949 / Tong Lam.
Material type: TextSeries: Asia Pacific modern ; 9.Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011Description: xiii, 263 pISBN: 9780520950351 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Social surveys -- China -- History -- 20th century | China -- Social conditions -- 1912-1949 | China -- Social policyGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 300.72/051 LOC classification: HN740.Z9 | S6752 2011Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
The rise of the fact and the re-imagining of China -- From divide and count to combine and count -- Foolish people versus soulstealers -- The nationalization of facts and the affective state -- Time, space, and state effect -- China as a social laboratory.
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