Patrick H. Hase：Villages and Market Towns in Hong Kong（HKCU）
中文大學出版
18開/英文橫排/736頁/平裝
ISBN：9789882373174
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夏思義博士
Most histories of Hong Kong begin with the arrival of the British, and
only incidentally mention the pre-colonial eras. In this book, Patrick Hase,
one of the leaders in the field, provides an important addition to the history
of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta region, covering topics such as Chinese
ethnicity, commerce, port-towns, and squatting. It is a truly excellent work
that will interest historians, anthropologists, and social scientists.
—James L. Watson
Fairbank Professor of Chinese Society and Anthropology Emeritus,
Harvard University
This book, an historical and archaeological portrayal of Hong Kong market
villages across the territory, depicts how Hong Kong evolved not through
chronicles of emperors and governors but through the ups and downs of different
centres of rural life over the centuries. It belongs beyond the bookshelves of
historians and archaeologists—anyone wandering the streets of Hong Kong
neighbourhoods today wondering “how did this place get to be here?” will find
this book well worth reading. After reading this book, I will never again look
at Tsim Sha Tsui in quite the same way.
—Gordon Mathews
Research Professor and Emeritus Professor of Anthropology,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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How have places in Hong Kong evolved since well before the 19th century?
Villages and Market Towns in Hong Kong is a vital book, showing us how its
various suburban settlements came into being. Such is a history of immense
interest as well as unending fascination.
Since arriving at Hong Kong more than half a century ago, Patrick Hase has
been researching its local history, with a particular focus on the market towns
and villages in the New Territories. Due to a lack of written documentation for
the study of these communities, much of his research was conducted through oral
interviews with village elders in the 1980s and 1990s. Hase sought their
memories of the villages in their youth, as well as their grandparents’
accounts of the communities prior to the age of high technology, urbanization,
and modernization.
