A Tale of Two Villages The Story of Changing Village Life in the New Territories,9780195928594

A Tale of Two Villages The Story of Changing Village Life in the New Territories

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ISBN13: 9780195928594
ISBN10: 0195928598
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-02-13
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

This book examines the threats of recent development to two of the oldest villages in Hong Kong's New Territories. It is at once a valuable document about Hong Kong's cultural heritage and a testimony to the ways in which sensitive and intelligent approaches to conservation can help safeguardthe cultural heritage of Asia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 9(2)
Notes on Romanization 11(2)
Preface 13(6)
Introduction 19(110)
Enter the Tang Clan: History of Kam Tin until the Late 19th Century
Beyond the Villages: Kam Tin in Context
Genesis: The Founding of Kam Tin
Pak Wai and Nam Wai: The Tangs' First Villages
Accidental Royalty: The Tang who Married a Lost Princess
Wong Ku: Life and Death of a Princess
Fields of Splendour: The Naming of Kam Tin
War and Peace: The Impact of Dynastic Transition
Aftermath: Changing Demography and Habitat in Post-evacuation Kam Tin
The British are Coming: The Union Jack over Kam Tin
Barbarians at the Gate: The British Arrive in Kam Tin
Rebel without a Cause: The Battle of Kam Tin
Conciliation: Relations between the Tangs and the British during the Colonial Period
Recent Past: Kam Tin after World War II
From Farmland to Real Estate: The Decline of Agriculture in the New Territories
The Small House Policy: The Shape of Villages to Come
Breaking the Political Monopoly: Women's Rights and Voting Rights of Non-indigenous Villagers
Hung Shing and Ding Dung: The Persistence of Village Cultural Traditions
The End of Village Tradition: The Future of Shui Tau Tsuen and Shui Mei Tsuen
Village Voice: The World According to the Tangs
Traditional Past to Modern Present
The Young Village Representative's Story
The Rice Farmer's Story
The Old Village Chief's Story
Bibliography 129(4)
Index 133(2)
About the Authors 135

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