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1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies series
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Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
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| Summary |
This book presents sixteen of his illuminating and original articles, each of which is rooted in his experiences as a district officer, administering and visiting villages under his care. His interest in the life and lives of the people went far beyond the formal demands of his official work, and Dr Hayes grew to admire and respect the villagers. As a result, his writings are suffused with his affection and esteem. Intended for scholars in the field of New Territories history as well as general readers interested in rural life in the region, A Pattern of Life provides a fascinating, academically important, yet highly readable picture of traditional life in rural South China and reinforces Dr Hayes's reputation as one of the most important writers on the New Territories. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Dedication -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Map of Places Discussed in the Text -- Acknowledgements -- Editor's Introduction -- Biography of Dr James William Hayes, -- 1 The Pattern of Life in the New Territories in 1898 -- 2 Rural Leadership in the Hong Kong Region:Village Autonomy in a Traditional Setting -- 3 Chinese Customary Law in the New Territoriesof Hong Kong -- Chapter 3 AnnexCustomary Law Cases -- 4 Education and Management in Rural South Chinain the Late Qing -- 5 A Chinese Village on Hong Kong IslandFifty Years Ago:Tai Tam Tuk, Village under the Water |
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6 Old Ways of Life in Kowloon:The Cheung Sha Wan Villages -- 7 The Old Popular Culture of Chinaand Its Contribution to Stability in Tsuen Wan -- 8 Cheung Chau 1850-1898:Information from Commemorative Tablets -- 9 Notes and Impressionsof the Cheung Chau Community -- 10 A Mixed Community of Cantonese and Hakkaon Lantau Island -- 11 The Settlement and Developmentof a Multi-Clan Village -- 12 Village Credit at Shek Pik 1879-1895 -- 13 San Po Tsai (Little Daughters-in-Law)and Child Betrothals in the New Territoriesof Hong Kong from the 1890s to the 1960s |
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Chapter 13 AnnexDocumentation for Child Betrothals, San Po Tsai, and the Sale, Pledge, "Presentation", and Adoption of Children -- 14 Geomancy and the Village -- 15 Feng Shui and Road Works at Tong Fuk Village, South Lantau, in 1958 -- Chapter 15 AnnexA Ceremony to Propitiate the Gods at Tong Fuk, Lantau, 1958 -- 16 The New Territories Twenty Years Ago:From the Notebooks of a District Officer -- Notes -- Bibliography of Works by Dr James Hayes -- Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Country life -- China -- Hong Kong.
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Country life. |
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China -- Hong Kong. |
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Hong Kong (China) -- Rural conditions.
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Hong Kong (China) -- Social life and customs.
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Manners and customs. |
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Rural conditions. |
| Added Author |
Baker, Hugh D. R., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Baker, Hugh D.R. A Pattern of Life. Chicago : City University of Hong Kong Press, ©2021 9789629375539 |
| ISBN |
9789629375546 (electronic book) |
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9629375540 (electronic book) |
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9629375532 |
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9789629375539 |
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