New Peace County (Signed copy)

Signed by Peter Ng & Hugh Baker, a Chinese Gazetteer of the Hong Kong Region

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Printing Details

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.

ISBN

9622090435