Smokeless Sugar : The Death of a Provincial Bureaucrat and the Construction of China's National Economy.
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TextSeries: Contemporary Chinese StudiesPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (334 pages)Content type: - text
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- online resource
- 9780774816557
- Feng, Rui, 1899-1936
- Sugar--Manufacture and refining--China--Guangdong Sheng--History--20th century
- Sucre--Fabrication et raffinage--Chine--Guangdong (Sheng)--Histoire--20e siècle
- Guangdong Sheng (China)--Politics and government--20th century
- China--Politics and government--1928-1937
- China--Economic conditions--1912-1949
- Guangdong Sheng (China)--Officials and employees--Biography
- Guangdong (Chine : Sheng)--Politique et gouvernement--20e siècle
- Chine--Politique et gouvernement--1928-1937
- Chine--Conditions économiques--1912-1949
- Guangdong (Chine : Sheng)--Fonctionnaires--Biographies
- 951/.27042
- DS793.K7H54 2010
Cover -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Measurements -- Note on Transliteration and Translations -- Introduction -- 1 The Formation of Agricultural Expertise: Feng Rui's Education and Early Career -- 2 Public Service in Guangdong, 1931-36: Economic Nationalism and Provincial Planning -- 3 Rice and Revenue: Guangdong's "Benefit Agriculture" Import Taxes -- 4 White Sugar: Global Business and Provincial Enterprises -- 5 Bitter Experiences with Sugarcane -- 6 Brokers, Smugglers, and the Official Sugar Monopoly, 1934-36 -- 7 National Reunification and the Punishment of Feng Rui -- 8 Provincial Sugar Industry Programs, 1945-58 -- Conclusion: Shaping China's Economic Nation on the Eve of War -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
An investigation into the 1936 execution of a Cantonese official leads to a reassessment of regional and national politics and state-led industrialization in Republican China.
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