Gourmets in the land of famine the culture and politics of rice in modern Canton / Seung-joon Lee.

Author/creator Lee, Seung-joon, 1970-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,
Descriptionviii, 300 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Subjects
Rice trade--China. --Guangzhou. --History. --20th century.
Rice trade--Government policy. --China. --Guangzhou. --History. --20th century.
Rice--Quality. --China. --Guangzhou. --History. --20th century.
Food supply--China. --Guangzhou. --History. --20th century.

Contents South of the mountains : the political economy of the Pearl River Delta -- The order of rice in Canton : the formation of the Cantonese provisioning networks and consumer satisfaction -- Tightening the shenggang (Canton-Hong Kong) ties : rice relief and the development of transnational rice business -- Politicizing the enterprise : the nationalist revolution and the Cantonese rice business -- Taste in numbers : science and the Chinese food problem -- Taxes and strikes : the foreign rice tax and social repercussions -- Inventing the "national rice" : the national goods movement and the issue of rice quality -- Granary of the empire, laboratory of the nation : the Canton-Hankow railway and the Hunan rice sales project in Canton -- Provincial politics of the national rice : the Canton famine (1936-1937) and the South China Rice Trading Corporation.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-289) and index.
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LCCN 2010024485
ISBN9780804772266 (cloth : alk. paper)

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