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  • 作者: Patrick H. Hase 夏思義
  • 出版社:中大
  • 出版年份:2024
  • 語言:英文 English
  • ISBN:9789882373174
  • 頁數:736

 

內容簡介 Content Introduction

Most histories of Hong Kong begin with the arrival of the British, and only incidentally mention the pre-colonial eras. In this book, Patrick Hase, one of the leaders in the field, provides an important addition to the history of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta region, covering topics such as Chinese ethnicity, commerce, port-towns, and squatting. It is a truly excellent work that will interest historians, anthropologists, and social scientists.

—James L. Watson

Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society and Anthropology Emeritus,

Harvard University

 

This book, an historical and archaeological portrayal of Hong Kong market villages across the territory, depicts how Hong Kong evolved not through chronicles of emperors and governors but through the ups and downs of different centres of rural life over the centuries. It belongs beyond the bookshelves of historians and archaeologists—anyone wandering the streets of Hong Kong neighbourhoods today wondering “how did this place get to be here?” will find this book well worth reading. After reading this book, I will never again look at Tsim Sha Tsui in quite the same way.

—Gordon Mathews

Research Professor and Emeritus Professor of Anthropology,

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

 

 

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How have places in Hong Kong evolved since well before the 19th century? Villages and Market Towns in Hong Kong is a vital book, showing us how its various suburban settlements came into being. Such is a history of immense interest as well as unending fascination.

Since arriving at Hong Kong more than half a century ago, Patrick Hase has been researching its local history, with a particular focus on the market towns and villages in the New Territories. Due to a lack of written documentation for the study of these communities, much of his research was conducted through oral interviews with village elders in the 1980s and 1990s. Hase sought their memories of the villages in their youth, as well as their grandparents’ accounts of the communities prior to the age of high technology, urbanization, and modernization.

 

目錄 Table of Content

Foreword vii 

Preface ix 

List of Maps xix 

List of Plates xxiii 

 

Introduction 1 

Chapter 1 South over the Sea: Settlement and Society on the North Shore of Lantau Island 11 

The Early History of Lantau: The Sea-Routes to Canton 11 

The Prehistoric Period 19 

The Early Modern Period 21 

Lantau and the Last Two Song Emperors 27 

The Settlement of Lantau: Lei Mau-ying and the Lei Kau Yuen Tong 37 

Lantau in the Middle Ming: The Portuguese Occupation (1514–1521) and after 45 

Lantau in the Middle Ming: The First Villages 50

Settlement History of the North Shore 55 

Tung Chung 55 

Pak Mong–Tai Ho 69 

Hakka and Punti 81 

The Rent Dispute with the Lei Kau Yuen Tong 84 

The Tung Chung Community 89 

Reclamation of Tung Chung and Tai Ho Bays 96 

Tung Chung Bay 96 

Tai Ho Bay 105 

Society and Economy: Roads and Ferries 108

Footpaths 108 

Ferries 110 

The Establishment of Buddhist Religious Houses in Tung Chung 114 

Tei Tong Tsai 114 

The Lo Hon Monastery 120 

The Traditional North Shore: Society and Economy 121 

Fishing 138 

Education 142 

Security 143 

Religion 148 

 

Chapter 2 West Kowloon before the British 163 

Kowloon before the British 163 

West Kowloon 165 

Tsim Sha Tsui 169 

Yau Ma Tei 190

Mongkok Village 196 

The Area “Beyond the River” 203 

Sham Shui Po 204 

Kowloon Tong 235 

Shek Kip Mei 241 

Kowloon Tsai 247 

The Cheung Sha Wan Villages 250 

 

Chapter 3 Hatred and Enmity: Settlement and Politics in Early Sai Kung, 1550–1911 269 Introduction: The Physical Setting and Sources 269 

The Sai Kung Area before 1550 274 

The Settlement of the Punti, 1550–1725 280 

Ho Chung 280 

Sha Kok Mei 287 

Pak Kong 291 

Settlement Patterns 295 

Sai Kung: The Settlement of the Hakka, 1669–1850 297 

Local Politics in the Early 19th Century 305 

Roads and Ferries 321 

Sai Kung Market 327 

Catholicism in Sai Kung 339 

Trade Industry and Commerce 345 

Conclusion 354 

Appendix: The Life and Times of Lok Chung-fong of Pak Kong, from the Lok Clan Genealogical Record 356

 

Chapter 4 Where Land and Sea Meet: Salt, Fish, and the Social Development of the Port-Towns of Hong Kong 377 

Early History 380 

Tai O: First Foundation 394 

Tai O: Subsequent Developments 406 

Cheung Chau: First Foundation and Subsequent Developments 416 

Peng Chau 436 

Stanley 444 

Aberdeen–Ap Lei Chau 451 

Port-Towns and Landward Markets 458 

Population, Economy, and Society 461 

Management 481 

 

Chapter 5 Beside the Strait of the Sea-Perch: Stonecutting and Society in the Lei Yue Mun Area 499 

The Trade in Building Stone 499 

Establishment of the Quarry Villages 512 

Shau Kei Wan 517 

The Four Stone Hills Topography 525 

The Four Stone Hills Community 530

The Temples of the Four Stone Hills 539 

The Sai Cho Wan Tin Hau Temple 539 

The Lei Yue Mun Tin Hau Temple 542 

Lei Yue Mun: History to 1941 549 

The Lei Yue Mun Community: History to 1941 555 

The Lei Yue Mun Community: History from 1941 569 

 

Chapter 6 Historical Notes on Two Squatter Areas: Hau Wong New Village and Kwu Tung 579 

Introduction 579 

Hau Wong New Village, Kowloon City 580 

Kowloon City 580 

Early History of the Kowloon City Area, to 1341 581 

The History of the Kowloon City Area from 1341 to 1930 584

The Topography of Kowloon City 594 

The Hau Wong Temple and the Hau Wong New Village Area: The History of the Hau Wong Temple 603 

Ho Ka Yuen 610 

Hau Wong New Village 617 

Kwu Tung, North District 629 

The Kwu Tung Area 629 

Kwu Tung Village 629 

The Area in the Inter-War Years 634 

Post-War Developments 641 

The Kwu Tung Market 646 

Kwu Tung Society 647 

 

Bibliography 659 

Glossary 669 

Index of Personal Names 675 

Index of Place-names 683 

General Index 697

Villages and Market Towns in Hong Kong

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