Lee, Seung-joon,  1970- <br/><br/>
Gourmets in the land of famine :  the culture and politics of rice in modern Canton / 
Seung-joon Lee. 
 - Stanford, Calif. :  Stanford University Press,  2011. 
 - viii, 300 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-289) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780804772266 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010024485 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Rice trade--History--China--Guangzhou--20th century.<br/>Rice trade--Government policy--History--China--Guangzhou--20th century.<br/>Rice--Quality--History--China--Guangzhou--20th century.<br/>Food supply--History--China--Guangzhou--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9066.C573  / G835 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.1/73180951275