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
Benedict, Carol
Berry, Dominic
Dawkins, Richard
Donnelly, Catherine
Evans, Chris
Journals
Economic History Review
Environment and History
French Historical Studies
Journal of Food Science
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Research in the History of Technology
Publishers
University of Minnesota
Columbia University
Hong Kong University Press
I. B. Tauris
Purdue University Press
Routledge
Concepts
Agriculture
Agricultural economics
Food science; food technology
Globalization; internationalization
Food industry and trade
Food and foods
People
Johannsen, Wilhelm Ludvig
Borlaug, Norman Ernest
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
Places
China
Guangzhou (China)
Great Britain
India
Vietnam
Europe
Institutions
Rockefeller Foundation
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