The Hong Kong Region 1850-1911: Institutions and Leadership in Town and Countryside
May 2012 · Echoes: Classics of Hong Kong Culture and History Book 13 · Hong Kong University Press
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First published in 1977, The Hong Kong Region is a historical reconstruction of long-settled village and township society in Hong Kong's New Territories between 1850 and 1911. The book's central argument is that the gentry and bureaucracy played almost no role in these communities, which were run by local peasants and shopkeepers who had to deal virtually unaided with routine administration and with every form of disaster, natural or man-made. A substantial new introduction reviews the research and its wider implications for our understanding of traditional Chinese society in the light of later scholarly studies.
First published in 1977, The Hong Kong Region is a historical reconstruction of long-settled village and township society in Hong Kong's New Territories between 1850 and 1911. The book's central argument is that the gentry and bureaucracy played almost no role in these communities, which were ...
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James Hayes is the author of The Great Difference: Hong Kong's New Territories and Its People 1898-2004.
James Hayes is the author of The Great Difference: Hong Kong's New Territories and Its People 1898-2004.
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