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The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay Area is one of the most important economic belts in China and the world. It is vital to understand the history of the Bay Area since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, because this long period of history not only reflects how the local society shaped its national image and expressed its own identity, but also records China's interaction with the world. This course aims to explore the historical process of social and cultural developments of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao since the Ming and Qing Dynasties from perspectives of global history and regional history, focusing on the convergence of Sino-west cultures, local and national identity, political system, commerce and trade, religion and festivals, as well as migrant society.
This collection of essays comprises a series of historical and ethnographic studies of the Pearl River Delta from late imperial times through the 1940’s. All the essays draw on field experience, and attempt to reconstruct the civilizing process in south China in the late imperial period in which the local inhabitants, both elites and commoners, used symbolic and instrumental means to become part of Chinese culture and polity, arguing that local society in the Delta was integrated into the Chinese state through a series of changes that involved constant redefinition of lineages, territories, and ethnic identities.
First published in 1978, this narrative is an exceptional history of Macao. A genuine affection for Portuguese culture does at times emerge in this book as a kind of homage. Austin Coates’ approach to history is closer to traditional narrative and appears immune from the multifaceted and multi-voiced discourse of postmodernism. The author manages to keep focused, to keep a sense of the greatness of the Portuguese achievements in the Far East and of Macao’s significance in this enterprise, no matter how censurable the more negative effects of Western colonization.
This book investigates how Macau escaped from direct Japanese invasion and occupation. After introducing the background of the broader diplomatic setting, the book then offers complementary albeit alternative takes upon wartime economic management, examines the plight of two sections of the refugee community, both arriving from Hong Kong and surviving upon relief administered by the British consulate, and observes the role of the Allies in the anti-Japanese resistance. The book reveals that the occupation of Macau was not in Japan’s best interest because the Portuguese administration in Macau posed no threat to Japan’s control over the China coast and acted as a listening post to monitor Allied activities.
This book charts the rise of Chinese Gold Mountain firms engaged in all kinds of transpacific trade, especially the lucrative export of prepared opium and other luxury goods. It attempts to examine the relationship between Hong Kong and emigration from different vantage points- the Chinese emigrants, not only as laborers, but also as traders, entrepreneurs, and investors. In presenting Hong Kong as an “in-between place” of repeated journeys and continuous movement, this book tries to clarify how deeply embedded Hong Kong was in the lives of individual migrants and the Chinese diaspora as a whole.
本書參考了中、英、港檔案和其他有關史料，再現十九世紀香港的歷史。開篇著重闡明香港自古以來是中國的神聖領土，隨後敘述了英國攫取香港決策過程、占領該地區始末和中國人民的抗英鬥爭，並論述了香港殖民地的政治體製、文化教育和社會結構。作者觀點鮮明，指出香港歷史最根本最突出的課題就是英國利用武力強迫中國政府先後割讓港島、九龍及租借新界。作者認為，了解十九世紀的香港歷史有助於增進對香港現狀和發展前途的認識。
本書從政治、外交問題入手，重點關註二十世紀的香港政製、香港與中國內地的關系乃至中英之間的外交談判，展示了香港回歸的歷史脈絡。第一部分主要說明港英政治製度的性質和行政機構的功能。第二部分說明中國內地時局變化與香港之間的復雜關系。第三部分說明中英兩國關於歸還香港問題的歷次交涉，特別是中英簽署《聯合聲明》和中國製訂《香港特別行政區基本法》的經過與重大歷史意義。研究資料大部分為史料和檔案。
本书聚焦于珠江三角洲，说明朝廷的法典条文和民间的礼仪习俗如何共同指导地域建构的进程。作者认为把宗族的历史放在地方和政治的脉络上有助于促进对中国社会的理解——中国社会的转变过程可以确定在嘉靖时期；在这个社会转变过程中，礼仪成了联系王朝国家与地方社会的主角；这个社会转变过程与市场的货币化也发生关系；通过礼仪过程而出现的合股公司能让宗族紧握商机，筹集资本做投资之用；王朝意识形态致力于把王朝与乡村社会联系起来。
本书聚焦于广东西南部，介乎土司势力范围与珠江三角洲之间，既有土司社会的特征，也有州县统治下的印记，在祖先拜祭与神明信仰方面，也呈现出祖先与神名叠加在一起的亦神亦祖祭祀现象。本书力图通过拜祭对象了解地方礼仪的特点，也通过追溯神明崇拜的演变，祭拜群体的变迁，在士大夫文化推行过程中不同群体如何应对，明中叶的身份标签与认同如何演变等问题，从而探求祭祀传统的变化所反映出来的王朝与地方社会的关系。
本书社会学家陈达于1934年进行闽粤社区的社会和经济考察后形成的一份研究报告，主要通过实地调查的方式进行研究，通过侨民家庭访问表、专门问题调查表、杂项资料的收集和通信等工作进行开展，还利用各种刊物，如政府报告、书籍、小册子、杂志论文及新闻纸等。全书共分为两编：第一编讲传统的生活方式及其变迁，分环境及社会变迁两章；第二编讲移民的影响，分为生计、衣、食、住、家庭与婚姻、社会觉悟、教育等七章。
本书将东亚及东南亚作为一个整体，从亚洲经济圈的视角讨论侨汇与亚洲金融贸易体系的关系，论述了从19世纪下半叶到21世纪华侨、华人金融网络的情况。本书的讨论基于历史上中国区域社会资金的内外部流通以何种形式实现这一基础问题，在丰富的移民、侨汇个案研究中发现侨汇推动形成的亚太区域网络，促进了交通、邮政、商业网络、金融汇兑等环区域、环海域的国际性交流，华侨、华人因此构建了一个庞大的中华关系网。
