Gourmets in the Land of Famine: The Culture and Politics of Rice in Modern Canton
Contents
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Political Strife and Rice in Early Republican Canton Political Strife and Rice in Early Republican Canton
-
Hoarders and “Treacherous Merchants” Hoarders and “Treacherous Merchants”
-
Provincialism and Conspiracies Provincialism and Conspiracies
-
-
Political Instability and the Professionalization of the Rice Business Political Instability and the Professionalization of the Rice Business
-
Foreign-Rice Trade on Shakee Street Foreign-Rice Trade on Shakee Street
-
Technological Innovations in the Business Technological Innovations in the Business
-
Business Rivalry Business Rivalry
-
-
Feeding the Guest Armies Feeding the Guest Armies
-
In the Name of the Revolution In the Name of the Revolution
-
-
The Canton Merchant Corps Incident The Canton Merchant Corps Incident
-
Compromising About Rice Supplies Compromising About Rice Supplies
-
Rice in Political Propaganda Rice in Political Propaganda
-
-
Feeding the Revolution Feeding the Revolution
-
Rice and Labor Disputes Rice and Labor Disputes
-
Rice and the Great Canton–hong Kong Strike Rice and the Great Canton–hong Kong Strike
-
Defending the Lifeline Defending the Lifeline
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4 Politicizing the Enterprise: The Nationalist Revolution and the Cantonese Rice Business
Get access-
Published:05 January 2011
Cite
Abstract
This chapter reviews food supply and food consumption during the Nationalist Revolution (1923–27), when Guomindang revolutionaries seized municipal authorities under the banner of a United Front with the Chinese Communist Party. The Canton public assumed that rice shortages came less from market changes per se than from politicians' and profiteers' deliberate manipulations. Shakee Street was Canton's foreign concession. The foreign-rice trade was the dominant business in the Shakee Rice Market. It is shown that food security in Canton became a political issue around which various forms of political struggles revolved. The Street also became a symbolic place to commemorate China's heroic resistance against imperialism. It was the very place where the Shakee Massacre happened, where British imperialists massacred scores of Chinese compatriots.
Sign in
Personal account
- Sign in with email/username & password
- Get email alerts
- Save searches
- Purchase content
- Activate your purchase/trial code
- Add your ORCID iD
Purchase
Metrics
Metrics
| Month: | Total Views: |
|---|---|
| December 2022 | 2 |
| April 2023 | 1 |
| May 2023 | 2 |
| September 2023 | 2 |
| August 2024 | 1 |
| December 2024 | 1 |
| June 2025 | 4 |
| October 2025 | 2 |
Get help with access
Institutional access
Access to content on Oxford Academic is often provided through institutional subscriptions and purchases. If you are a member of an institution with an active account, you may be able to access content in one of the following ways:
IP based access
Typically, access is provided across an institutional network to a range of IP addresses. This authentication occurs automatically, and it is not possible to sign out of an IP authenticated account.
Sign in through your institution
Choose this option to get remote access when outside your institution. Shibboleth/Open Athens technology is used to provide single sign-on between your institution's website and Oxford Academic.
If your institution is not listed or you cannot sign in to your institution's website, please contact your librarian or administrator.
Sign in with a library card
Enter your library card number to sign in. If you cannot sign in, please contact your librarian.
Society Members
Society member access to a journal is achieved in one of the following ways:
Sign in through society site
Many societies offer single sign-on between the society website and Oxford Academic. If you see "Sign in through society site" in the sign in pane within a journal:
If you do not have a society account or have forgotten your username or password, please contact your society.
Sign in using a personal account
Some societies use Oxford Academic personal accounts to provide access to their members. See below.
Personal account
A personal account can be used to get email alerts, save searches, purchase content, and activate subscriptions.
Some societies use Oxford Academic personal accounts to provide access to their members.
Viewing your signed in accounts
Click the account icon in the top right to:
Signed in but can't access content
Oxford Academic is home to a wide variety of products. The institutional subscription may not cover the content that you are trying to access. If you believe you should have access to that content, please contact your librarian.
Institutional account management
For librarians and administrators, your personal account also provides access to institutional account management. Here you will find options to view and activate subscriptions, manage institutional settings and access options, access usage statistics, and more.