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Author Lam, Tong, 1967-

Title A passion for facts [electronic resource] : social surveys and the construction of the Chinese nation state, 1900-1949 / Tong Lam.

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.

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Description xiii, 263 p.
Series Asia Pacific modern ; 9
Asia Pacific modern ; 9.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Social surveys -- China -- History -- 20th century.
China -- Social conditions -- 1912-1949.
China -- Social policy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780520267862 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520950351 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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