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A Passion for Facts

- Social Surveys and the Construction of the Chinese Nation-State, 1900-1949

About A Passion for Facts

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.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780520267862
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 280
  • Published:
  • October 31, 2011
  • Dimensions:
  • 162x234x23 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 514 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: January 24, 2025
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025
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Description of A Passion for Facts

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.

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