A pattern of life : essays on rural Hong Kong by James Hayes  A Pattern of Life: Essays on Rural Hong Kong by James Hayes 

• Product Details

  Product #

  2574764B

  Author(s)

  Hayes, James

  City

  Hong Kong 

  Country

  China 

  Language

  English 

  ISBN

  9789629375539 

  Date of Publication

  2020 

  Publisher

  Xianggang cheng shi da xue chu ban she  

  Cover Type

  Soft cover 

  Pages

  408 

  Series

  Royal Asiatic society Hong Kong studies series 

  Subject

  Literature

  Subject

  Sociology

   

• Product Details in Original Language

  Author

  Hayes, James

  Publisher

  香港城市大學出版社  

• Description

  A Pattern of Life: Essays on Rural Hong Kong by James Hayes For myself, however, it is the human element, the recollected words, the remembered faces, which give life to the printed record.” James Hayes’s many writings have made a major contribution to knowledge about life in rural Hong Kong. This book presents sixteen of his illuminating and original articles, each of which is rooted in his experiences as a district officer, administering and visiting villages under his care. His interest in the life and lives of the people went far beyond the formal demands of his official work, and Dr Hayes grew to admire and respect the villagers. As a result, his writings are suffused with his affection and esteem. Intended for scholars in the field of New Territories history as well as general readers interested in rural life in the region, A Pattern of Life provides a fascinating, academically important, yet highly readable picture of traditional life in rural South China and reinforces Dr Hayes’s reputation as one of the most important writers on the New Territories. “[James was] the archetypical example of those remarkable Colonial Service officers who became fascinated by, and deeply engaged with, the territories and people which it was their task to administer.”