LEADER 03137nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910461827303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-29187-8 010 $a9786613291875 010 $a0-520-95035-6 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520950351 035 $a(CKB)2670000000121858 035 $a(EBL)785218 035 $a(OCoLC)759574577 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000555277 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11341892 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000555277 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10517370 035 $a(PQKB)10693685 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000056009 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC785218 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse31014 035 $a(DE-B1597)521059 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520950351 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL785218 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10504626 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL329187 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000121858 100 $a20110311d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA passion for facts$b[electronic resource] $esocial surveys and the construction of the Chinese nation state, 1900-1949 /$fTong Lam 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 225 1 $aAsia Pacific modern ;$v9 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-26786-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aIn this path-breaking book, Tong Lam examines the emergence of the "culture of fact" in modern China, showing how elites and intellectuals sought to transform the dynastic empire into a nation-state, thereby ensuring its survival. Lam argues that an epistemological break away from traditional modes of understanding the observable world began around the turn of the twentieth century. Tracing the Neo-Confucian school of evidentiary research and the modern departure from it, Lam shows how, through the rise of the social survey, "the fact" became a basic conceptual medium and source of truth. In focusing on China's social survey movement, A Passion for Facts analyzes how information generated by a range of research practices-census, sociological investigation, and ethnography-was mobilized by competing political factions to imagine, manage, and remake the nation. 410 0$aAsia Pacific modern ;$v9. 606 $aSocial surveys$zChina$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aChina$xSocial conditions$y1912-1949 607 $aChina$xSocial policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial surveys$xHistory 676 $a300.72/051 700 $aLam$b Tong$f1967-$01056682 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461827303321 996 $aA passion for facts$92491218 997 $aUNINA