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Custom, Land, and Livelihood in Rural South China

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Land was always at the centre of life in Hong Kong's rural New Territories it sustained livelihoods and lineages and, for some, was a route to power. Villagers managed their land according to custo...
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Price: £35.00
Pages: 513
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Series: Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies
Publication Date: 03 April 2013
Trim Size: 9.20 X 6.30 in
ISBN: 9789888139088
Format: Hardcover
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"This is a by far and away the best study of land deeds and land tenure systems that exists for south China's Pearl River Delta. The book is a must read for social historians, anthropologists, sociologists, and anyone interested in Chinese land issues. Ha

"This is an important book which documents in detail how the institutions of traditional Chinese land law developed hand in hand with the transformations of local society, before and after colonisation. Patrick Hase combines exemplary scholarship with his
Patrick H. Hase is the author of The Six-Day War of 1899 Hong Kong in the Age of Imperialism.