Settlement, Life, and Politics: Understanding the Traditional New Territories

by Patrick H. Hase

"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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9629374412
• ISBN13: 9789629374419
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: City University of Hong Kong Press
• Length: 748 Pages
• Weight: 2.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"