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UNINA9910462202503321 |
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Autore |
Hayes James <1930-> |
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The Hong Kong region, 1850-1911 [[electronic resource] ] : institutions and leadership in town and countryside / / by James Hayes |
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Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-57810-7 |
9786613890559 |
988-220-892-4 |
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Edizione |
[Pbk. ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (323 p.) |
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Collana |
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Echoes : classics of Hong Kong culture and history |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social institutions - China - Hong Kong |
Electronic books. |
Hong Kong (China) Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"With a new introduction". |
Based on the author's thesis, University of London. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 late Qing period, 1850-1911. Since the book was published in 1977, and much new material has appeared in print in the intervening thirty-four years, a new Introduction is called for. It will describe the favorable circumstances in which I came to research its contents, re- |
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