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Author Nicolson, Ken

Title The Happy Valley : a history and tour of the Hong Kong cemetery / Ken Nicolson
Published Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps
Contents Acknowledgements; 1 Grave Concerns; 2 Origins of the Cemetery Garden; 3 The Rise and Fall of the Hong Kong Cemetery; 4 Self-guided Tour; 5 Last Words; Appendices; Notes; Index
Summary Hong Kong's oldest western cemetery garden is located in Happy Valley. This book highlights the need for urgent action to conserve the deteriorating built and natural heritage resources of this important cultural landscape
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
In HKU Press digital editions
Subject Cemeteries -- China -- Hong Kong -- History
Sepulchral monuments -- Conservation and restoration -- China -- Hong Kong
Historic preservation -- China -- Hong Kong
Cemeteries -- China -- Hong Kong -- Guidebooks
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
Cemeteries
Historic preservation
Sepulchral monuments -- Conservation and restoration
SUBJECT Happy Valley (Hong Kong, China) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008077221
Subject China -- Hong Kong
Genre/Form Electronic books
Guidebooks
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789888052271
9888052276
Other Titles History and tour of the Hong Kong cemetery