Small crease tip top corner front cover. ; 15 x 23 cm.; pg. xxi, 226; Transitions: Asia and Asian America Series. Foreword by Sydney W. Mintz; lists of tables, illustrations, photographs; introduction, appendix, bibliography, glossary, index. "A meticulously researched history of Taiwanese agriculture, Dr. Ka's study is invaluable for what it affords to our understanding of a variant and still little-understood national imperialism in a relatively little-known setting. But it also has much to tell us about the history of two of humankind's most important--and yet wholly different--foods, sugar and rice. "; 0813336376

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