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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-289) and index
