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• catalog abstract ""Shui Tau Tsuen ('Water Head Village') and Shui Mei Tsuen ('Water Tail Village') are believed to be the oldest villages in Hong Kong. Founded some 900 years ago by Tang Fu, the villages are the birthplace of Hong Kong's clan-based society and are a fascinating microcosm of a traditional Cantonese way of life." "Lee Ho Yin and Lynne D. DiStefano have for the first time in the villages' history studies all the extant written sources about them, documented their architectural remains, and interviewed many inhabitants. They have produced a rich, unique, and highly readable account of the social, cultural, historical, and political aspects of village life as it has existed in Hong Kong for a millennium."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12761943.
• catalog contributor b12761944.
• catalog coverage "Shui Mei Tsuen (New Territories, China) History.".
• catalog coverage "Shui Tau Tsuen (New Territories, China) History.".
• catalog created "2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
• catalog description ""Shui Tau Tsuen ('Water Head Village') and Shui Mei Tsuen ('Water Tail Village') are believed to be the oldest villages in Hong Kong. Founded some 900 years ago by Tang Fu, the villages are the birthplace of Hong Kong's clan-based society and are a fascinating microcosm of a traditional Cantonese way of life." "Lee Ho Yin and Lynne D. DiStefano have for the first time in the villages' history studies all the extant written sources about them, documented their architectural remains, and interviewed many inhabitants. They have produced a rich, unique, and highly readable account of the social, cultural, historical, and political aspects of village life as it has existed in Hong Kong for a millennium."--Jacket.".
• catalog description "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.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-132) and index.".
• catalog extent "136 p :".
• catalog hasFormat "Tale of two villages.".
• catalog identifier "0195928598".
• catalog isFormatOf "Tale of two villages.".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
• catalog relation "Tale of two villages.".
• catalog spatial "Shui Mei Tsuen (New Territories, China) History.".
• catalog spatial "Shui Tau Tsuen (New Territories, China) History.".
• catalog subject "951.25 21".
• catalog subject "DS796.H757 L44 2002".
• catalog tableOfContents "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.".
• catalog title "A tale of two villages : the story of changing village life in the New Territories / Lee Ho Yin and Lynne D. DiStefano.".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".