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Custom, Land and Livelihood in Rural South China : The Traditional Land Law of Hong Kong's New Territories, 1750-1950 /

Land was always at the center of life in Hong Kong's rural New Territories: it sustained livelihoods and lineages and, for some, was a route to power. During imperial times villagers managed their land according to customs that were often at odds with formal Chinese law. British rule, 1898 to 1...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hase, P. H.
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hong Kong [China] : Hong Kong University Press, 2013
Colección:Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The traditional New Territories, land and society
  • The imperial land law
  • The customary land law
  • Registration for the land tax and collection of land tax
  • Arable land : family holdings, trusts and clan holdings
  • Restraints on transactions in land
  • The next heir
  • The middleman and the role of the community in land transactions
  • Temporary and reversible alienations : mortgages and leases
  • Land deeds and the Japanese occupation, 1941-1945
  • An overview
  • Customary land deeds.