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The Hong Kong Region 1850-1911 : Institutions and Leadership in Town and Countryside /
The Hong Kong Region, now being reprinted by Hong Kong University Press in its "Echoes" series, was a historical reconstruction of certain long-settled villages and sub-districts in the New Territories of Hong Kong, and, more specifically, an enquiry into the nature of local society in the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Aberdeen, Hong Kong, China :
Hong Kong University Press,
2012
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of maps
- List of plates
- Introduction to the paperback edition
- Preface
- Introduction
- Abbreviations
- 1. A general account of the Hong Kong Region
- 2. The community of Cheung Chau
- 3. The community of Tai O
- 4. Shek Pik: a multilineage settlement of Cantonese farmers
- 5. Pui O: a linked group of Hakka and Punti farming villages
- 6. Ngau Tau Kok village: a newer, specialist settlement of Hakkas
- 7. Kowloon City and Kowloon Street: the community institutions of a Yamen, market, and rural subdistrict
- 8. Summary and discussion
- Postscript: the nature of the political situation in 1898, and its relevance for loacl leadership patterns.