British Land Administration in the New Territories of Hong Kong, and Its Effects on Chinese Social Organisation
Author: H. G. H. Nelson
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 96
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Author: H. G. H. Nelson
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Published: 1969
Total Pages: 96
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Allen Chun
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-08-02
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 1134450621
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnstructuring Chinese Society is a culmination of long term field work and archival research that challenges existing theories of social organisation and cultural change. The book makes new sense of historical contradictions, political conflicts and deep seated social transformations that have underlined the experience of colonial rule and the practices of local institutions in Hong Kong over the past century. By focusing on the ongoing interactions of discourse, practices and global-local relations in cultural terms, Unstructuring Chinese Society puts forth a fresh perspective in the field of historical anthropology, while addressing ongoing critical concerns in postcolonial theory and our understanding of tradition and modernity.
Author: Great Britain
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Published: 1900
Total Pages: 34
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Allen J. Chun
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Published: 1989*
Total Pages: 30
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Malcolm Merry
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 2019-05-06
Total Pages: 555
ISBN-13: 9888528327
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAt the end of the nineteenth century a slice of imperial China was abruptly incorporated into the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. It became known as the New Territories. The people of this remote and traditional corner of the Ching empire were not consulted about the annexation, initially resisted and long resented it. To placate them, the incoming authorities promised that little would alter and that their customs would be respected. The promise would not be fully kept but it became the source of the preservation of Chinese customary law in respect of rural land and the justification for privileges afforded to indigenous inhabitants. Their tenacious assertion of those rights and aversion to authority is detectible throughout the twentieth century and into the era of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; it permeates almost every aspect of policy and law relating to rural land. The Unruly New Territories is an account of the annexed area and of its special place in Hong Kong history and law. It recounts the customs and privileges, how they preserved a China that was elsewhere disappearing and how they gave—and, despite enormous changes, continue to give—leverage to indigenous representatives in dealings with government as well as handsome profits to rural landowners. ‘This fascinating and impressive book is a must-read for all who want to know more about the New Territories. Malcolm Merry traces, with his usual clarity and insight, its unique land history that blends, not always harmoniously, Chinese custom with the advance of common law and this area’s dramatic development.’ —Sarah Nield, University of Southampton ‘The Unruly New Territories covers various aspects of land law and custom in the New Territories and the history of this region in a thoughtful and provocative combined thesis. A must-read for anyone studying the laws and customs affecting land in rural Hong Kong and interested in the history of the New Territories.’ —Steven Gallagher, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Author: Sui-Wai Cheung
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-07-14
Total Pages: 219
ISBN-13: 1351737902
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe legal recognition of private land ownership -- Conclusion -- Notes -- PART V: Land reform in China to the 1930s -- 12. Too little, too late: China catching up on land registration in the 1930s -- Compiling the cadastral record -- Ownership under the Land Law -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese characters -- Index.
Author: Peter Wesley-Smith
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 320
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Patrick H. Hase
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 2013-04-01
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9888139088
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLand was always at the centre of life in Hong Kong’s rural New Territories: it sustained livelihoods and lineages and, for some, was a route to power. Villagers managed their land according to customs that were often at odds with formal Chinese law. British rule, 1898—1997, added complications by assimilating traditional practices into a Western legal system. Custom, Land and Livelihood in Rural South China explores land ownership in the New Territories, analysing over a hundred surviving land deeds from the late Ch’ing Dynasty to recent times, which are transcribed in full and translated into English. Together with other sources collected by the author during 30 years of research, these deeds yield information on all aspects of traditional village life—from raising families and making a living to coping with intruders—and evoke a view of the world which, despite decades of urbanisation, still has resonance today.
Author: Grant Evans
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-31
Total Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 1136796452
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHong Kong has become a by-word for all that is modern and sparkling in Asia today. Yet tourist brochures still play with the old cliche of Hong Kong as a place where 'East meets West'. Images of so-called 'traditional' China, junks sailing Victoria Harbour or old women praying to gods in smoky temples, mingle with those portraying Hong Kong as a consumer and business paradise. This collection of essays attempts to transcend the old polarities. It looks at modern Hong Kong in all its splendour and diversity in the run-up to its re-absorption into Greater China in mid-97, through the mediums of film, food, architecture, rumours and slang. It explores the question of a distinct, modern Chinese identity in Hong Kong, and even when it explores the traditional stamping ground of the older anthropology in the New Territories it finds a dramatically changed context, in particular for women. This collection presents an intriguing insight into the process of transition from 'tradition' to 'modernity' in this Modern Chinese Metropolis.
Author: Tak-Wing Ngo
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-09-11
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 1134630956
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRewriting Hong Kong's history from the bottom up, the chapters investigate vital, but hitherto obscured, aspects of the colony's rise. They cover the Chinese collaboration with the colonial regime, legal discrimination and intimidation, rural politics, social movements, government-business relations, industrial policy, flexible manufacturing and colonial historiography. Drawing together contributions from historians, sociologists and political scientists, the book highlights the role played by a variety of social actors in Hong Kong's history and differs both from recent celebrations of British colonialism and anti-colonial Chinese nationalism.