Custom, land and livelihood in rural south China : the traditional land law of Hong Kong's New Territories, 1750-1950
P. H. Hase (Author)
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
eBook, English, 2013
Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, 2013