02787nam 2200565 a 450 991078096080332120200520144314.01-282-70949-69786612709494988-8052-90-X(CKB)2520000000009802(EBL)677406(OCoLC)647840447(SSID)ssj0000418952(PQKBManifestationID)11288511(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000418952(PQKBWorkID)10377562(PQKB)11483532(MdBmJHUP)muse7388(Au-PeEL)EBL677406(CaPaEBR)ebr10358948(MiAaPQ)EBC677406(EXLCZ)99252000000000980220080911d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe great difference[electronic resource] Hong Kong's New Territories and its people, 1898-2004 /James HayesHong Kong Hong Kong University Press ;[London Eurospan, distributor]20061 online resource (333 p.)Description based upon print version of record.962-209-794-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Compensation8 - 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; IndexThe 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.New Territories (China)HistoryHong Kong (China)History950951.2504Hayes James1930-1501378MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780960803321The great difference3728487UNINA