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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452951803321

Autore

Hill Emily M. <1957->

Titolo

Smokeless sugar [[electronic resource] ] : the death of a provincial bureaucrat and the construction of China's national economy / / Emily M. Hill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2010

ISBN

1-283-71678-X

0-7748-1655-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Chinese studies, , 1206-9523

Disciplina

951/.27042

Soggetti

Sugar - Manufacture and refining - China - Guangdong Sheng - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-309) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.