This book project is a cultural history of rice consumption in the city of Canton (now Guangzhou), China's southernmost metropolis. Special emphasis is placed on the qualitative dimension of the local food culture and the dynamic interactions between the local society and the mo…
Sheds new light on the local history of the city & illuminates how China's struggle with food shortages in the early 20th century unfolded.
Due to the worldwide importance of rice as a crop plant, the biology of rice pests is of great interest to agricultural research. This timely book brings together contributions from the fields of entomology, agronomy, population ecology, and biostatistics to provide a comprehens…
This is the first English-language book to focus on the electric rice cooker and the impact it has had on the lives of Asian people.
