Jump to content

Documentation:Guide to Hong Kong Studies

From UBC Wiki

Introduction

This guide is aimed to facilitate the teaching and research of Hong Kong history. Please send suggestions or corrections to Leo Shin.

Notes

This page uses Unicode (UTF-8) encoding. If your device is having troubles displaying CJK characters, please test your browser or see help (for Mac OS, here). Unfortunately, a number of the indexes and databases listed below are proprietary; if necessary, please set up your browser to connect through the proxy server of your institution. Some web sites are known to not play well; try a different browser before giving up.

#top

Resources

Resources: Libraries and Museums

  • Hong Kong Public Libraries 香港公立圖書館. Access to e-books as well as various online collections, databases, and exhibitions, including:

#top

Resources: Bibliographies

  1. Xianggang shi yan jiu shu mu ti jie 香港史硏究書目題解 [An annotated bibliography of Hong Kong history]. 2001. Compiled by Li Peide (Lee Pui-tak) 李培德. Hong Kong: San lian shu dian. Comprehensive bilingual bibliography (of Chinese- and English-language materials published before 1999) with by an excellent introduction.

#top

Scholarship

#top

Sources

Sources: Archaeological

  1. Antiquities and Monuments Office. Official source of archaeological findings in Hong Kong. Check out especially the Hong Kong Archaeological Archive System and the Geographical Information System on Hong Kong Heritage.
  2. Hong Kong Archaeological Society. Founded 1967. Puts out the infrequently-published Journal of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society.
  3. The Archaeology of Hong Kong. 2009. By William Meacham. Rev. ed. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. An excellent overview of early archaeological studies in Hong Kong.
  4. Xianggang kao gu xue xu yan 香港考古学叙研 [The Research and Discussion of Hong Kong Archaeology]. 2010. By Shang Zhitan 商志𩡝 and Wu Weihong [Ng Wai Hung] 吴伟鸿. Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she. A useful survey.

Sources: Compilations

  1. Gai bian Xianggang li shi de 60 pian wen xian 改變香港歷史的60篇文獻 [60 documents that transformed the history of Hong Kong]. 2011. By Ou Zhijian 區志堅, Peng Shumin 彭淑敏, and Cai Sixing 蔡思行. Hong Kong: Zhonghua shu ju. Judicious selections supplemented with useful annotations and references.
  2. A Documentary History of Hong Kong: Economy. 2004. Edited by David Faure and Lee Pui-tak. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Extensive selections with excellent annotations. HC470.3 .E29 2004 (Okanagan)
  3. Zao qi Xianggang shi yan jiu zi liao xuan ji 早期香港史硏究資料選輯 [Selected sources for the study of the history of early Hong Kong]. 1998. Edited by Ma Jinke 馬金科. 2 vols. Hong Kong: San lian shu dia. Extensive selections of Chinese sources dated up to 1898. DS796.H757 T782 1998
  4. A Documentary History of Hong Kong: Society. 1997. Edited by David Faure. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Extensive selections with excellent annotations. Download pdf
  5. A Documentary History of Hong Kong: Government and Politics. 1995. Edited by Steve Tsang. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. Extensive selections with excellent annotations. Download pdf

#top

Sources: Archives

#top

Sources: Newspapers

#top

Sources: Other Periodicals

Tools

Tools: Maps

  1. Mapping Hong Kong: A Historical Atlas 香港地圖繪製史. 1992. By Hal Empson. Hong Kong: Government Information Services. High-quality reproductions. G2309.H7 E56 1992 (Reference)
  2. Hong Kong: 160 Years' Development in Maps 香港發展地圖集. 2010. By Xue Fengxuan 薛鳳旋 (Victor S. F. Sit ). 2nd (bilingual) ed. Hong Kong: San lian shu dian, 2010.

#top

Tools: Places

  1. Xianggang de di ming yu di fang li shi 香港的地名與地方歷史 [History of places and place names of Hong Kong], vol. 1: Hong Kong Island and Kowloon. 2011. By Rao Jiucai 饒玖才. Hong Kong: Tian di tu shu. DS796.H73 R362 2011
  2. Xianggang de di ming yu di fang li shi 香港的地名與地方歷史 [History of places and place names of Hong Kong], vol. 2: New Territories. 2012. By Rao Jiucai 饒玖才. Hong Kong: Tian di tu shu.
  3. Gang dao jie dao bai nian 港島街道百年 [A century of Hong Kong roads and streets]. 2012. By Zheng Baohong 鄭寳鴻. Hong Kong: San lian shu dian. DS796.H775 Z464 2000
  4. Jiulong jie dao bai nian 九龍街道百年 [A century of Kowloon roads and streets]. 2012. By Zheng Baohong 鄭寳鴻 and David P. M. Toong 佟寶銘. Hong Kong: San lian shu dian. DS796.H775 Z444 2000
  5. Xinjie jie dao bai nian 新界街道百年 [A century of New Territories roads and streets]. 2012. By Zheng Baohong 鄭寳鴻. Hong Kong: San lian shu dian.

#top

Retrieved from "https://wiki.ubc.ca/index.php?title=Documentation:Guide_to_Hong_Kong_Studies&oldid=647948"