
Settlement, Life, and Politics
Understanding the Traditional New Territories
- 750 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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
- Cover
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- List of Maps
- List of Tables and Figures
- Glossary
- Introduction
- 1 The Tangs of Ha Tsuen and their History
- 2 Beside Blood-stained Water:The History of the Hung Shui Kiu Area
- 3 The Nine Alliances of Lek Yuen:Traditional Sha Tin
- 4 A Small Island in the Midst of the Sea:The History of Lamma Island
- 5 By Violent Waters:The History of Ma Wan
- 6 Tung Ping Chau:Settlement and Society
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index of Places
- Index of People
- General Index
- Plate