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050		4	_aKNQ9317 _b.H373 2013
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100	1		_aHase, P. H.
245	1	0	_aCustom, land and livelihood in rural south China _h[electronic resource] : _bthe traditional land law of Hong Kong's New Territories, 1750-1950 / _cPatrick H. Hase.
260			_aHong Kong [China] : _bHong Kong University Press, _c2013 _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject Muse, _g2013) _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (1 electronic text (xi, 513 p., 16 plates) :) _bill., facsims., digital file.
490	1		_aRoyal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series
500			_aIssued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [459]-465) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction: 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.
520			_aLand was always at the center of life in Hong Kong's rural New Territories: it sustained livelihoods and lineages and, for some, was a route to power. During imperial times villagers managed their land according to customs that were often at odds with formal Chinese law. British rule, 1898 to 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, analyzing over a hundred surviving land deeds from the late Qing Dynasty to recent times, which are transcribed in full and translated into English. Together with other sources collected by the author during thirty years of research, these deeds yield information on all aspects of traditional village life -- from raising families and making a living to coping with intruders -- and evoke a view of the world which, despite decades of urbanization, still has resonance today.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aReal property _zChina _zNew Territories _xHistory.
650		0	_aLand use _xLaw and legislation _zChina _zNew Territories _xHistory.
651		0	_aNew Territories (China) _xRural conditions _vSources.
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9888139088 _z9789888139088
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9789882208490/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c33566 _d33566