04072nam 2200985 a 450 991081932410332120230126204901.01-283-29187-897866132918750-520-95035-610.1525/9780520950351(CKB)2670000000121858(EBL)785218(OCoLC)759574577(SSID)ssj0000555277(PQKBManifestationID)11341892(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555277(PQKBWorkID)10517370(PQKB)10693685(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056009(MiAaPQ)EBC785218(MdBmJHUP)muse31014(DE-B1597)521059(DE-B1597)9780520950351(Au-PeEL)EBL785218(CaPaEBR)ebr10504626(CaONFJC)MIL329187(EXLCZ)99267000000012185820110311d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA passion for facts[electronic resource] social surveys and the construction of the Chinese nation state, 1900-1949 /Tong LamBerkeley University of California Pressc20111 online resource (278 p.)Asia Pacific modern ;9Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26786-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Asia Pacific modern ;9.Social surveysChinaHistory20th centuryChinaSocial conditions1912-1949ChinaSocial policy20th century china.asia pacific modern.asian culture.asian history.asian politics.asian studies.chinese dynasty.chinese education.chinese empire.chinese ethnography.chinese history.chinese imperialism.chinese intellectuals.chinese politics.chinese society.chinese tradition.confucian school.east asian science.eastern asia.evolution of china.global colonialism.global social science.modern china.neo-confucian school.schools of thought.social sciences research.world history books.Social surveysHistory300.72/051NW 2621rvkLam Tong1967-1650509MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819324103321A passion for facts3999927UNINA