Custom, land and livelihood in rural south China : the traditional land law of Hong Kong's New Territories, 1750-1950 / Patrick H. Hase.
Hase, P. H., author.
KNQ683 .H37 2013 (Mapit)
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Author Hase, P. H., author.
Title Custom, land and livelihood in rural south China : the traditional land law of Hong Kong's New Territories, 1750-1950 / Patrick H. Hase.
Imprint Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2013.
Description xi, 513 pages, 16 plates : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm.
Series Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographic references (pages [459]-465) and index.
Location STA
Call Number KNQ683 .H37 2013
Language English
ISBN 9789888139088 hardback
9888139088 hardback
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