Custom, land and livelihood in rural south China: the traditional land law of Hong Kong's New Territories, 1750-1950
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Main Author: Hase, P. H. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hong Kong Hong Kong University Press 2013
Series:Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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 customs that were often at odds with formal Chinese law. British rule, 1898-1997, added complications by assimilating traditional practices into a Western legal system. Custom, Land and Livelihood in Rural South China explores land ownership in the New Territories, analysing over a hundred surviving land deeds from the late Ch'ing Dynasty to recent times, which are transcribed in full and translated into
Introduction: The traditional New Territories, land and society -- The imperial land law -- The customary land law -- Registration for the land tax and collection of land tax -- Arable land : family holdings, trusts and clan holdings -- Restraints on transactions in land -- The next heir -- The middleman and the role of the community in land transactions -- Temporary and reversible alienations : mortgages and leases -- Land deeds and the Japanese occupation, 1941-1945 -- An overview -- Customary land deeds
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ISBN:9789882208490
9789888139088
9882208495
9888139088

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