| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 300 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome. |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-289) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
Sheds new light on the local history of the city & illuminates how China's struggle with food shortages in the early 20th century unfolded. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Rice trade -- China -- Guangzhou -- History -- 20th century.
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Rice trade. |
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China -- Guangzhou. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Rice trade -- Government policy -- China -- Guangzhou -- History -- 20th century.
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Rice trade -- Government policy. |
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Rice -- Quality -- China -- Guangzhou -- History -- 20th century.
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Food supply -- China -- Guangzhou -- History -- 20th century.
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Food supply. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Agribusiness. |
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Rice -- Quality. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Sustainable Agriculture. |
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Rice. |
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China. |
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China. |
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Guangdong. |
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Reis. |
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Handel. |
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Außenhandel. |
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Lebensmittelversorgung. |
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Reisanbau. |
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China. |
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Kanton (Stadt) |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lee, Seung-joon, 1970- Gourmets in the land of famine. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011 9780804772266 (DLC) 2010024485 (OCoLC)630480176 |
| ISBN |
9780804781763 (electronic book) |
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0804781761 (electronic book) |
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9780804772266 |
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0804772266 |
| Standard No. |
10.1515/9780804781763 |
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