Smokeless Sugar
The Death of a Provincial Bureaucrat and the Construction of China's National Economy
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774816533
- Publish Date
- Oct 2010
- List Price
- $95.00
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774816540
- Publish Date
- Nov 2011
- List Price
- $32.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774816557
- Publish Date
- Oct 2010
- List Price
- $32.95
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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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Contributor Notes
Emily M. Hill is an associate professor of history at Queen’s University.