Using historical documents and evidence gathered in the field,
Rubie Watson provides a social history of the 600-year-old Chinese
lineage village of Ha Tsuen in the New Territories of Hong Kong,
and demonstrates the crucial role that the lineage played in the
evolution of the community from a few scattered households in the
fourteenth century into a regional power from the 1700s onwards.
Despite a patrilineal ideology that extols the virtues of
brotherhood and equality, Dr Watson shows that the lineage has in
fact played a central role in the formation, development and
maintenance of an elite class of landlords and merchants, who, even
though their economic importance has now declined, continue to
exert political control. Dr Watson examines the dynamics of
interclass relations within a single lineage and shows how these
relations have been transformed as a consequence of the growth of
wage labour.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
