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263 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520267862
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 01 November 2011
Description
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 ...
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263 pages • missing pub info (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520267862
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 01 November 2011
Description
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 ...