{"product_id":"smokeless-sugar-emily-m-hill-9780774816540","title":"Smokeless Sugar: The Death of a Provincial Bureaucrat and the Construction of China's National Economy","description":"Part history, part biography, and part mystery story, \u003ci\u003eSmokeless Sugar\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily M. Hill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0774816546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780774816540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of British Columbia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d","brand":"Emily M. Hill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438003368191,"sku":"9780774816540","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f1e44189-1fc3-48dd-95f9-2104b03bbd6c.jpg?v=1777168139","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smokeless-sugar-emily-m-hill-9780774816540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}