The regulation of customary practices under colonial administration: Kinship and mortgages in a Hong Kong village

This article examines two Chinese customary forms of mortgage, dian (典) and diya (抵押), in a Tang (鄧) lineage village in rural Hong Kong under British colonial rule. It finds that the colonial government was active in imposing a set of standardized administrative rules and legal measures to regulate...

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Veröffentlicht in:	China information 2015-11, Vol.29 (3), p.377-396
1. Verfasser:	Chan, Kwok-Shing
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
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