Making It Count : : Statistics and Statecraft in the Early People's Republic of China / / Arunabh Ghosh.
A history of how Chinese officials used statistics to define a new society in the early years of the People's Republic of China In 1949, at the end of a long period of wars, one of the biggest challenges facing leaders of the new People's Republic of China was how much they did not know. T...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Histories of Economic Life ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (360 p.) :; 11 b/w illus. 17 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations and Tables
- Abbreviations
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- Part I. A Statistical Revolution
- 2. A New Type of Standardized Statistical Work
- 3. Ascertaining Social Fact
- 4. No "Mean" Solution: Reformulating Statistics, Disciplining Scientists
- Part II. Seeing Like a Socialist State
- 5. The Nature of Statistical Work
- 6. To "Ardently Love Our Statistical Work": State (In)Capacity, Professionalization, and their Discontents
- Part III. Alternatives
- 7. Seeking Common Ground Amidst Differences: The Turn to India
- 8. A "Great Leap" in Statistics
- 9. Conclusion
- Chinese Character Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index