A passion for facts : social surveys and the construction of the Chinese nation-state, 1900-1949 /

Show other versions (2)

"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 tr...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lam, Tong, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2011.
Series:Asia Pacific modern ; 9.
Subjects:
China > Zusammenstellung
1900-1999
Social surveys > China > History > 20th century.
Enquêtes sociales > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Methodology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Research.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
Social conditions
Social policy
Social surveys
Empirische Sozialforschung
Nationalstaat
Sozialverwaltung
China > Social conditions > 1912-1949.
China > Social policy.
Chine > Conditions sociales > 1912-1949.
China
History
Online Access:Texto completo

Internet

Texto completo

Items no disponibles

Holdings details from

Similar Items