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Part history, part biography, and part mystery story, Smokeless Sugar traces the formation of a national economy in China through an intriguing investigation of the 1936 execution of an allegedly corrupt Cantonese official. Feng Rui, a Western-educated agricultural expert, introduced modern sugar milling to China in the 1930s as a key component in a provincial investment program. Before long, however, he was accused of colluding with smugglers to pass foreign sugar off as a domestic product. Emily Hill makes the case that Feng was, in fact, a scapegoat in a multi-sided power struggle in which political leaders vied with commercial players for access to China's markets and tax revenues.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. v-vi
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  1. Figures and Tables
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Abbreviations and Measurements
  2. p. xi
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  1. Note on Transliteration and Translations
  2. p. xii
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-20
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  1. 1. The Formation of Agricultural Expertise: Feng Rui’s Education and Early Career
  2. pp. 21-46
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  1. 2. Public Service in Guangdong, 1931-36: Economic Nationalism and Provincial Planning
  2. pp. 47-70
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  1. 3. Rice and Revenue: Guangdong’s “Benefit Agriculture” Import Taxes
  2. pp. 71-96
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  1. 4. White Sugar: Global Business and Provincial Enterprises
  2. pp. 97-121
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  1. 5. Bitter Experiences with Sugarcane
  2. pp. 122-147
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  1. 6. Brokers, Smugglers, and the Official Sugar Monopoly, 1934-36
  2. pp. 148-178
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  1. 7. National Reunification and the Punishment of Feng Rui
  2. pp. 179-205
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  1. 8. Provincial Sugar Industry Programs, 1945-58
  2. pp. 206-224
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  1. Conclusion: Shaping China’s Economic Nation on the Eve of War
  2. pp. 225-242
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 243-289
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 290-309
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 310-318
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