Making It Count: Statistics and Statecraft in the Early People's Republic of China

by Arunabh Ghosh

Book Overview

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. The government of one of the world's largest nations was committed to fundamentally reengineering its society and economy via socialist planning...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069119971X
• ISBN13: 9780691199719
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"