New Peace County A Chinese Gazetteer of the Hong Kong Region Signed copy
1983016228Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press 1983. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Hardback in dustwrapper. 25.5 × 17.5cm 151pp 1 folding map to pocket at rear. Signed and dedicated by both Peter Ng and Hugh Baker to the half-title page. In 1573 the Guangdong Province county of Dongguan was divided into two parts one of which was named Xin'an Xian New Peace County. Its 600 square miles of territory included all of what is now Hong Kong and the New Territories. The new county was poor sparsely populated and harassed by marauding bands of pirates and land-based ruffians. The Xin'an Xinazhi Gazetteer of Xin'an County was the combined work of local people and officials posted to the county. It dealt with the geography history economy traditions and literature of the area and remains today the fullest source of information on pre-twentieth century Xin'an. This book looks at the 1819 edition of the gazetteer the last revision of it to be made. The contents of its twenty-five chapters are analysed and discussed under the four main headings History Geography Economy and Government and a translation section samples thee rich material found there. Old maps of the county have been specially redrawn to accompany the text. Condition: This copy is in very good condition with a little light wear to the wrapper's edges. <br/> <br/> Hong Kong University Press hardcover
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