Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments v
3. Contents vii
4. Maps, Figures, and Tables ix
5. Units of Measurements and Ming and Qing Reign Names and Dates x
6. Contributors xi
7. Introduction 1
8. Lineage on the Sands: The Case of Shawan 21
9. Territorial Community at the Town of Lubao, Sanshui County, from the Ming Dynasty 44
10. Ordination Names in Hakka Genealogies: A Religious Practice and Its Decline 65
11. Notes on the Territorial Connections of the Dan 83
12. Notes and Impressions of the Cheung Chau Community 89
13. Reinforcing Ethnicity: The Jiao Festival in Cheung Chau 104
14. The Alliance of Ten: Settlement and Politics in the Sha Tau Kok Area 123
15. Lineage Socialism and Community Control: Tangang Xiang in the 1920S and 1930S 161
16. Subverting Lineage Power: Local Bosses and Territorial Control in the 1940s 188
17. Conclusion: History and Anthropology 209
18. Notes 225
19. Character List 273
20. Index 279