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Title Southern District officer reports : islands and villages in rural Hong Kong, 1910-60 / edited by John Strickland
Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 343 pages) : illustrations, maps (some color)
Series Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
Contents Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- 1 -- Introduction -- 2 -- Author Introductions -- 3 -- Lantao Island -- 4 -- Lamma Island -- 5 -- The Lesser Islands -- 6 -- Sai Kung Peninsula -- 7 -- The Islands of Port Shelter -- 8 -- The Hang Hau (Clear Water Bay) Peninsula -- 9 -- Author Biographies -- Index
Summary This is a collection of administrative dispatches from the 1910s through the early 1960s which illuminate not only rural life in Hong Kong but also Hong Kong government policies during the post-World War II period
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Villages -- Government policy -- China -- Hong Kong
Islands -- Government policy -- China -- Hong Kong
Local government -- China -- Hong Kong
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
Local government
Rural conditions
Villages -- Government policy
SUBJECT Hong Kong (China) -- Rural conditions
Subject China -- Hong Kong
Form Electronic book
Author Strickland, John
ISBN 9789882205819
988220581X
9786613016881
6613016888
9789882207400
9882207405
Other Titles Islands and villages in rural Hong Kong, 1910-60