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.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book project is a cultural history of rice consumption in the city of Canton (now Guangzhou), China's southernmost metropolis. Special emphasis is placed on the qualitative dimension of the local food culture and the dynamic interactions between the local society and the modern state.

Contents:

Contents; List of Maps, Figures, and Tables; Author's Note; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: Feeding the City of Gourmets; 1. South of the Mountains: The Political Economy of the Pearl River Delta; 2. The Organization of Rice Supplies in Canton: The Formation of the Cantonese Provisioning Networks for Consumer Satisfaction; 3. Strengthening the Canton-Hong Kong Ties: Rice Relief and the Development of the Transnational Rice Business; 4. Politicizing the Enterprise: The Nationalist Revolution and the Cantonese Rice Business; Part Two: Saving the Nation from Famine

5. Taste in Numbers: Science and the Chinese Food Problem 6. Taxes and Strikes: The Foreign-Rice Tax and it's Social Repercussions; 7. Inventing "National Rice": The National Goods Movement and the Issue of Rice Quality; 8. Granary of the Empire, Laboratory of the Nation: The Canton-Hankow Railway and the Hunan Rice Sales Project in Canton; 9. Provincial Politics and National Rice: The Canton Famine of 1936-1937 and the South China Rice Trading Corporations; Conclusion; Notes; Select Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804781763

0804781761

OCLC:

743693303