Settlement, Life, and Politics
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Settlement, Life, and Politics

Understanding the Traditional New Territories

  1. 750 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Available until 17 Jan |Learn more

Settlement, Life, and Politics

Understanding the Traditional New Territories

About this book

"Without a clear idea of the history of the New Territories, the history of Hong Kong as a whole would be impossible to bring to any sort of satisfactory completion.... Elucidating the development of a village, a clan, a temple, or a market-town is also, in and of itself, real and valuable history, and abundantly justifies the time and effort spent on it." This book is a history of village communities in the New Territories of Hong Kong, including those in the areas of Ha Tsuen, Hung Shui Kiu, and Sha Tin, as well as those on the islands of Lamma, Ma Wan, and Tung Ping Chau. Elaborating on primary interviews with village elders, government documents, and public information, this book places the individual histories of each area into the context of Hong Kong's rich past. The introduction sets up the rest of the book, outlining common themes and highlighting the dangers of using the communal memories of village communities while, at the same time, showing the valuable information doing so can bring. Each chapter provides a more detailed account of one specific area, concentrating on the settlement history, the lifestyle, and the politics of that area.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Copyright
  3. Dedication
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. List of Maps
  7. List of Tables and Figures
  8. Glossary
  9. Introduction
  10. 1 The Tangs of Ha Tsuen and their History
  11. 2 Beside Blood-stained Water:The History of the Hung Shui Kiu Area
  12. 3 The Nine Alliances of Lek Yuen:Traditional Sha Tin
  13. 4 A Small Island in the Midst of the Sea:The History of Lamma Island
  14. 5 By Violent Waters:The History of Ma Wan
  15. 6 Tung Ping Chau:Settlement and Society
  16. Conclusion
  17. Appendix 1
  18. Appendix 2
  19. Appendix 3
  20. Appendix 4
  21. Notes
  22. Bibliography
  23. Index of Places
  24. Index of People
  25. General Index
  26. Plate