Passion for facts, a: social surveys and the construction of the chinese nation-state, 1900–1949
Auteur :
Lam, Tong
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520267862
Date de publication :
1 nov. 2011
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
499 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In focusing on China's social survey movement, this title 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.