The Hong Kong region, 1850-1911 : institutions and leadership in town and countryside /
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| Author / Creator: | Hayes, James, 1930- |
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| Imprint: | Hamden, Conn. : Archon Books, 1977. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11199668 |
| Summary: | First published in 1977, The Hong Kong Region is a historical reconstruction of village and township society in Hong KongOCOs New Territories between 1850 and 1911. Drawing on documentary sources and intensive fieldwork, Hayes argues for the part taken by ordinary peasants and shopkeepers in running these communities, and in dealing virtually unaided with routine administration and every form of disaster, natural or man-made. The gentry and imperial bureaucracy, in contrast, played almost no role. A substantial new introduction by the author reviews the research and its wider implications for our understanding of traditional Chinese society in the light of later scholarly studies. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the author's thesis, University of London. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-280) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789882208926 9882208924 0208016260 9780208016263 0712907688 9780712907682 |