In this Book
- Smokeless Sugar: The Death of a Provincial Bureaucrat and the Construction of China's National Economy
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: University of British Columbia Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Figures and Tables
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Introduction
- pp. 1-20
- 5. Bitter Experiences with Sugarcane
- pp. 122-147
- Bibliography
- pp. 290-309
Additional Information
ISBN
9780774816557
MARC Record
OCLC
799730031
Pages
336
Launched on MUSE
2016-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No