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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780960803321

Autore

Hayes James <1930->

Titolo

The great difference [[electronic resource] ] : Hong Kong's New Territories and its people, 1898-2004 / / James Hayes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press

[London, : Eurospan, distributor], 2006

ISBN

1-282-70949-6

9786612709494

988-8052-90-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (333 p.)

Disciplina

950

951.2504

Soggetti

New Territories (China) History

Hong Kong (China) History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations and Romanization; Introduction; 1 - The Leased Territory in 1898; 2 - The Existing British Crown Colony and ""the Great Difference""; 3 - Survey, Land Court, Registration, and Customary Law; 4 - ""Give and Take"" in the New Territory up to 1941; 5 - New Territories People and the Japanese Occupation 1941-1945; 6 - An End to Subsistence Farming: Opening the Way for Urban Development and Country Parks; 7 - Village Removals for Water Schemes 1923-1974: Resitings and Compensation

8 - Village Removals for New Town Development 1960 Onward: Resitings and New Modes of Compensation9 - The Rural Contribution to Community Building in the New Towns, and Its Background; 10 - Village Communities in Change; 11 - Identities: Staying Chinese during the Lease; 12 - Convergence and Divergence: A Deteriorating Relationship; Notes; Bibliography; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The study covers the whole period of the Lease, with all its crowded events and dramatic changes, as they affected the native inhabitants and their relationship with the government and, over time, the many times larger new urban population.