Hooch and Hard Liquor in East Asia : A Political Economy (Hardcover)

1 Introduction: Contemplating Liquor in East Asia 2 A Tale of Three Liquors: Political Economy of Sake, Shochu and Whisky? in Japan 3 Spirit of the People: Traditional Alcohol on the Korean Peninsula 4 Spirits, Hooch and Whisky in China 5 The Political Economy of Hooch and Hard Liquor in Taiwan: From? Inexpensive Chinese Liquor to Indigenous Kaoliang, and World-Class Whisky 6 The Past and Present of Mongolian LiquorTraditional Palm-based Distillates, Hooch, and Hard Liquor in the Philippines 8 Contraband, Counterrevolutionaries, and Counterfeits: The History of Vietnam’s Traditional Tipple 9 Organized Hypocrisy: State and Liquor Industry in Thailand 10 Heritage Alcohol in Laos: Complex Contradictions 11 The Allure of Sra: The Quaffable Chronology of Booze in Cambodia 12 To B.E. or Not to B.E.: Homemade and Industrial Hooch in Militarized Myanmar