Table of Contents:
  • 1 The Formation of Agricultural Expertise: Feng Rui's Education and Early Career
  • 2 Public Service in Guangdong, 1931-36 : Economic Nationalism and Provincial 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 of War.