| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 263 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Asia Pacific modern ; 9
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Asia Pacific modern ; 9.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The rise of the fact and the re-imagining of China -- From divide and rule 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. |
| Summary |
"In this path-breaking book, Tong Lam examines the emergence of the "culture of fact" in modern China, showing how elites and intellectuals sought to transform the dynastic empire into a nation-state, thereby ensuring its survival. Lam argues that an epistemological break away from traditional modes of understanding the observable world began around the turn of the twentieth century. Tracing the Neo-Confucian school of evidentiary research and the modern departure from it, Lam shows how, through the rise of the social survey, "the fact" became a basic conceptual medium and source of truth. In focusing on China's social survey movement, A Passion for Facts analyzes how information generated by a range of research practices--census, sociological investigation, and ethnography--was mobilized by competing political factions to imagine, manage, and remake the nation"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Social surveys -- China -- History -- 20th century.
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Social surveys. |
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China. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
China -- Social conditions -- 1912-1949.
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1912-1949 |
| Subject |
China -- Social policy.
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Social policy. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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Electronic books -- History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lam, Tong, 1967- Passion for facts. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011 9780520267862 (DLC) 2011010281 (OCoLC)707886970 |
| ISBN |
9780520950351 (electronic book) |
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0520950356 (electronic book) |
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9780520267862 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520267869 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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