Villages and market towns in Hong Kong : settlement and history / Patrick H. Hase.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hase, P. H., author.

Series:

Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Villages--China--Hong Kong.

Villages.

Market towns--China--Hong Kong.

Market towns.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 707 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2025.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

List of Maps

List of Plates

Introduction

Chapter 1. South over the Sea: Settlement and Society on the North Shore of Lantau Island

Chapter 2. West Kowloon before the British

Chapter 3. Hatred and Enmity: Settlement and Politics in Early Sai Kung, 1550-1911

Chapter 4. Where Land and Sea Meet: Salt, Fish, and the Social Development of the Port-Towns of Hong Kong

Chapter 5. Beside the Strait of the Sea-Perch: Stonecutting and Society in the Lei Yue Mun Area

Chapter 6. Historical Notes on Two Squatter Areas:Hau Wong New Village and Kwu Tung

Bibliography

Glossary

Index of Personal Names

Index of Place-names

General Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 659-668) and index.

ISBN:

9789882373174

9882373178

OCLC:

1460456278