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A tale of two villages : the story of changing village life in the New Territories / Lee Ho Yin and Lynne D. DiStefano.
Van Pelt Library DS796.H757 L44 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lee, Ho Yin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shui Tau Tsuen (New Territories, China)--History.
- Shui Tau Tsuen (New Territories, China).
- Shui Mei Tsuen (New Territories, China)--History.
- Shui Mei Tsuen (New Territories, China).
- Physical Description:
- 136 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Enter the Tang Clan: History of Kam Tin until the Late 19th Century 25
- Beyond the Villages: Kam Tin in Context
- Genesis: The Founding of Kam Tin
- Pak Wai and Nam Wai: The Tangs' First Villages
- Accidental Royalty: The Tang who Married a Lost Princess
- Wong Ku: Life and Death of a Princess
- Fields of Splendour: The Naming of Kam Tin
- War and Peace: The Impact of Dynastic Transition
- Aftermath: Changing Demography and Habitat in Post-evacuation Kam Tin
- Chapter 2 The British are Coming: The Union Jack over Kam Tin 61
- Barbarians at the Gate: The British Arrive in Kam Tin
- Rebel without a Cause: The Battle of Kam Tin
- Conciliation: Relations between the Tangs and the British during the Colonial Period
- Chapter 3 Recent Past: Kam Tin after World War II 79
- From Farmland to Real Estate: The Decline of Agriculture in the New Territories
- The Small House Policy: The Shape of Villages to Come
- Breaking the Political Monopoly: Women's Rights and Voting Rights of Non-indigenous Villagers
- Hung Shing and Ding Dung: The Persistence of Village Cultural Traditions
- The End of Village Tradition: The Future of Shui Tau Tsuen and Shui Mei Tsuen
- Chapter 4 Village Voice: The World According to the Tangs 109
- Traditional Past to Modern Present
- The Young Village Representative's Story
- The Rice Farmer's Story
- The Old Village Chief's Story.
- Notes:
- Maps on lining papers.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [129]-132) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195928598
- OCLC:
- 50478501
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