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A passion for facts : social surveys and the construction of the Chinese nation state, 1900-1949 / Tong Lam.
LIBRA HN740.Z9 S6752 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lam, Tong, 1967-
- Series:
- Asia Pacific modern ; 9.
- Asia Pacific modern ; 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social surveys--China--History--20th century.
- Social surveys.
- History.
- China--Social conditions--1912-1949.
- China.
- Social conditions.
- China--Social policy.
- Social policy.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780520267862
- 0520267869
- OCLC:
- 707886970
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