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The Happy Valley : a history and tour of the Hong Kong cemetery / Ken Nicolson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nicolson, Ken.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cemeteries--China--Hong Kong--History.
- Cemeteries.
- Sepulchral monuments--Conservation and restoration--China--Hong Kong.
- Sepulchral monuments.
- Historic preservation--China--Hong Kong.
- Historic preservation.
- Cemeteries--China--Hong Kong--Guidebooks.
- Happy Valley (Hong Kong, China).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (145 p.)
- Other Title:
- History and tour of the Hong Kong cemetery
- Place of Publication:
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book describes the origin and evolution of Hong Kong's oldest Western cemetery garden in the Happy Valley and, by means of a self-guided tour, highlights the need for urgent action to conserve the deteriorating built and natural heritage resources of this important historic cultural landscape.
- Contents:
- Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Grave Concerns; 2 Origins of the Cemetery Garden; 3 The Rise and Fall of the Hong Kong Cemetery; 4 Self-guided Tour; 5 Last Words; Appendices; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 988-220-756-1
- 1-282-70889-9
- 9786612708893
- 988-8052-27-6
- OCLC:
- 707091231
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