James Hayes (historian) explained

James William Hayes (8 November 1930 – 6 July 2023) was a Hong Kong historian and civil servant.

Education

James Hayes held a BA from Queen Mary College, University of London, and an MA in History. He completed a Ph.D. from the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in 1975.^{[1] [2]}

Biography

James Hayes worked in Hong Kong's New Territories for almost half his thirty-two years of government service.^[3] He joined the British Hong Kong government as Cadet Officer Class II in 1956.^[2] He retired as Regional Secretary of the New Territories in 1987.^[4] He wrote extensively on the history and anthropology of the New Territories.^[5]

Hayes died on 6 July 2023, at the age of 92.^[1]

Bibliography

James Hayes' bibliography includes:

Books

• Book: Hayes, James. The Hong Kong region, 1850-1911: institutions and leadership in town and countryside. 1977. Archon Books. 9780208016263.
• Book: Hayes, James. The rural communities of Hong Kong: studies and themes. 1983. Oxford University Press. 9780195815047.
• Book: Hayes, James . Tsuen Wan: Growth of a 'new Town' and its People. 1993. . 9780195851663.
• Book: Hayes, James. Friends & teachers: Hong Kong and its people, 1953-87. 1996. Hong Kong University Press. 9789622093966.
• Book: Hayes, James . South China Village Culture. 2001. Oxford University Press. 9780195919899.
• Book: Hayes, James. The great difference: Hong Kong's New Territories and its people, 1898-2004. 2006. Hong Kong University Press. 9789622097940.

Book chapters

• Book: Hayes. James. Marjorie. Topley. Aspects of Social Organization in the New Territories. 1964. Cathay Press. Hong Kong. 56615727. 10–15. The Settlement and Development of a Multiple-clan Village. Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. Weekend Symposium. 9th-10th May, 1964. 18 August 2023. 14 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180414233853/http://ebook.lib.hku.hk/CADAL/B38633152.pdf. bot: unknown.
• Book: Hayes, James. The Hong Kong Region, 1850 to 1911: Institutions and Leadership in Town and Countryside. 1977. Archon Books. Chapter 4: A Multilineage Settlement of Cantonese Farmers. 9780208016263.
• Book: Hayes. James. James Hayes (historian) . 1985 . Johnson . David . Nathan . Andrew J. . Rawski . Evelyn S. . Popular Culture in Late Imperial China . . 75-111 . Chapter 3: Specialists and Written Materials in the Village World . 10.1525/9780520340121-006.
• News: Hayes. James W.. James Hayes (historian). 1991. Government and village: Reactions to modern development by long-settled communities in the New Territories of Hong Kong. JASO Occasional Paper. 8. 107-138. 19 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170119141643/https://www.isca.ox.ac.uk/fileadmin/ISCA/JASO/Occasional_Papers_1991/8_Hayes.pdf. bot: unknown.
• Book: Hayes. James. Maria. Jaschok. Suzanne. Miers. Women and Chinese patriarchy: submission, servitude, and escape. 15 June 1994. Zed Books. 978-1856491266. 51–53. Chapter 3: San Po Tsai (Little Daughters-in-Law) and Child Betrothals in the New Territories of Hong Kong from the 1890s to the 1960s.
• Book: Hamilton. Eric. Schofield. Walter. Peplow. S. H.. Tsui. Paul. Coates. Austin. Austin Coates . Hayes. James. James W. Hayes. John. Strickland. Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60. 2010. Hong Kong University Press. 9789888028382.

Journal articles

• Hayes. James W. . James Hayes (historian) . 1962 . The Pattern of Life in the New Territories in 1898 . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 2 . 75-102 . 1991-7295.
• Hayes. James W. . James Hayes (historian) . 1963 . Cheung Chau 1850-1898: Information from Commemorative Tablets . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 3 . 88-106 . 1991-7295.
• Hayes. James W. . James Hayes (historian) . 1964. Peng Chau between 1798 and 1899. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 4 . 71-96. 1991-7295.
• Hayes. James. James Hayes (historian). 1966. Old British Kowloon. Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 6. 120–137.
• Hayes. James W. . James Hayes (historian) . 1969. Removal of Villages for Fung Shui Reasons. Another Example from Lantau Island, Hong Kong . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 9. 156-158 . 1991-7295.
• Hayes. James W. . James Hayes (historian) . 1970. The San on Map of Mgr. Volontieri. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 10 . 193-196. 1991-7295.
• Hayes. James W. . James Hayes (historian) . 1970 . A Casualty of the Cultural Revolution . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 10 . 196-197. 1991-7295.
• Hayes. James. James Hayes (historian). 1971. Visit to the Tung Lin Kok Yuen, and other places on Hong Kong Island. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 11 . 195-197.
• Hayes. James. James Hayes (historian). 1971. Rope-making and Dyeing/Calendering on Ap Lei Chau,Hong Kong. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 11 . 199-200.
• Hase . Patrick H. . Patrick Hase . Hayes . James . James Hayes (historian) . Iu . K.C. . 1984 . Traditional Tea Growing in the New Territories. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 24. 264–281 . 1991-7295 .
• Hayes. James. James Hayes (historian). 1999 . Feng Shui and Roadworks at Tong Fuk Village, 1958. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 39 . 255-259 . 1991-7295.
• Hayes. James. James Hayes (historian). Hong Kong's Chinese associations: Their ceremonial occasions and their helpers. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 42. 67-99 . 2002. 1991-7295.
• Hayes. James. James Hayes (historian). Afterthoughts on "South China Village Culture" (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press (China), 2001 . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 42 . 393-398 . 1991-7295.
• Hayes. James. James Hayes (historian). From rice to riches: A personal journey through a changing China (Jane Hutcheon). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 42. 2002. 472-474 . 1991-7295.
• Hayes. James. James Hayes (historian). Village Literacy and Scholarship: Village Scholars and their Documents . Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 52. 2012. 77-137 . 1991-7295.
• Book: Hayes, James . James Hayes (historian) . 2020 . Baker. Hugh D.R. . A Pattern of Life—Essays on Rural Hong Kong by James Hayes . . 978-962-937-553-9 .

Distinctions

• Former President, Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch (1983–1990)^[6]
• Companion of the Imperial Service Order (1986)^[2]
• Doctor of Letters honoris causa, The University of Hong Kong (1992)
• Honorary Fellow, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2008)
• Honorary Institute Fellow, Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong

External links

• Web site: Inventory of the James Hayes papers . . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Smith . Richard J. . James Hayes obituary . mcusercontent.com . 8 July 2023.
2. Web site: James William Hayes Doctor of Letters honoris causa . Lee . Ngok . 1992 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20171001105146/http://www4.hku.hk/hongrads/index.php/archive/graduate_detail/166 . 1 October 2017 .
3. [Columbia University Press]
4. Book: Carroll, John Mark. A concise history of Hong Kong. 2007. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-0742534223. 221 .
5. Book: Down to Earth: The Territorial Bond in South China. Faure. David. Siu. Helen. 1995. Stanford University Press. 0-8047-2434-2. xi.
6. [Leisure and Cultural Services Department]