The Hong Kong Region 1850-1911 : Institutions and Leadership in Town and Countryside.

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First published in 1977, The Hong Kong Region is a historical reconstruction of village and township society in Hong Kong's New Territories between 1850 and 1911. Drawing on documentary sources and intensive fieldwork, Hayes argues for the part taken by ordinary peasants and shopkeepers in runn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hayes, James
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, HKU, 2012.
©2012
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Echoes: Classics of Hong Kong Culture and History.
Temas:
Social institutions > China > Hong Kong.
Institutions sociales > Chine > Hongkong.
Social conditions
Social institutions
Hong Kong (China) > Social conditions.
China > Hong Kong
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:First published in 1977, The Hong Kong Region is a historical reconstruction of village and township society in Hong Kong's New Territories between 1850 and 1911. Drawing on documentary sources and intensive fieldwork, Hayes argues for the part taken by ordinary peasants and shopkeepers in running these communities, and in dealing virtually unaided with routine administration and every form of disaster, natural or man-made. The gentry and imperial bureaucracy, in contrast, played almost no role. A substantial new introduction by the author reviews the research and its wider implications for ou.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (323 pages)
ISBN:9789882208926
9882208924

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