Book ID: CBB001023109

Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice in Modern Canton (2010)

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Lee, Seung-Joon (Author)


Stanford University Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: xv + 300 pp.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description “Illuminates how China's struggles with food shortages in the early twentieth century unfolded and the ways in which they were affected by the rise of nationalism and the fluctuation of global commerce.” (from the publisher)


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Review Jia-Chen Fu (2015) Review of "Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice in Modern Canton". East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (pp. 213-216). unapi

Review Fu, Jia-Chen (2015) Review of "Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice in Modern Canton". East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (pp. 213-216). unapi

Review Kim, Tae-Ho (2012) Review of "Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice in Modern Canton". Technology and Culture (p. 225). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Brassley, Paul
Anders Larsson
Austin, Gareth
Na Xiu
Maria Ignatieva
Shuoxin Zhang
Concepts
Agriculture
Food science; food technology
Agricultural economics
Globalization; internationalization
Food industry and trade
Technology and economics
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century, late
20th century
18th century
21st century
Places
China
Guangzhou (China)
Great Britain
Atlantic world
Changsha (China)
Atlantic Ocean
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
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