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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Seung-joon, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rice trade--China--Guangzhou--History--20th century.

Rice trade.

Rice trade--Government policy--China--Guangzhou--History--20th century.

Rice--Quality--China--Guangzhou--History--20th century.

Rice.

Food supply--China--Guangzhou--History--20th century.

Food supply.

History.

Rice--Quality.

Rice trade--Government policy.

China--Guangzhou.

Physical Description:

xv, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, [2011]

Contents:

South of the mountains : the political economy of the Pearl River Delta

The organization of rice supplies in Canton : the formation of the Cantonese provisioning networks for consumer satisfaction

Strengthening the 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 "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 and national rice : the Canton famine of 1936-1937 and the South China Rice Trading Corporation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804772266

0804772266

OCLC:

630480176