Description
Book SynopsisAn investigation into the 1936 execution of a Cantonese official leads to a reassessment of regional and national politics and state-led industrialization in Republican China.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 The Formation of Agricultural Expertise: Feng Rui’sEducation and Early Career
2 Public Service in Guangdong, 1931-36: Economic Nationalism andProvincial Planning
3 Rice and Revenue: Guangdong’s"Benefit Agriculture" Import Taxes
4 White Sugar: Global Business and Provincial Enterprises
5 Bitter Experiences with Sugarcane
6 Brokers, Smugglers, and the Official Sugar Monopoly,1934-36
7 National Reunification and the Punishment of Feng Rui
8 Provincial Sugar Industry Programs, 1945-58
Conclusion: Shaping China’s Economic Nation on the Eve ofWar
Notes
Bibliography
Index
