James Hayes (historian)

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

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

Book chapters

• Hayes, James (1964). "The Settlement and Development of a Multiple-clan Village". In Topley, Marjorie (ed.). Aspects of Social Organization in the New Territories (PDF). Hong Kong: Cathay Press. pp. 10–15. OCLC 56615727. Archived from the original on 14 April 2018. Retrieved 18 August 2023. Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. Weekend Symposium. 9th-10th May, 1964{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Hayes, James (1977). "Chapter 4: A Multilineage Settlement of Cantonese Farmers". The Hong Kong Region, 1850 to 1911: Institutions and Leadership in Town and Countryside. Archon Books. ISBN 9780208016263.
• Hayes, James (1985). "Chapter 3: Specialists and Written Materials in the Village World". In Johnson, David; Nathan, Andrew J.; Rawski, Evelyn S. (eds.). Popular Culture in Late Imperial China. University of California Press. pp. 75–111. doi:10.1525/9780520340121-006.
• Hayes, James W. (1991). "Government and village: Reactions to modern development by long-settled communities in the New Territories of Hong Kong" (PDF). JASO Occasional Paper. Vol. 8. p. 107-138. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Hayes, James (15 June 1994). "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". In Jaschok, Maria; Miers, Suzanne (eds.). Women and Chinese patriarchy: submission, servitude, and escape. Zed Books. pp. 51–53. ISBN 978-1856491266.
• Hamilton, Eric; Schofield, Walter; Peplow, S. H.; Tsui, Paul; Coates, Austin; Hayes, James (2010). Strickland, John (ed.). Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 9789888028382.

Journal articles

• Hayes, James W. (1962). "The Pattern of Life in the New Territories in 1898" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 2: 75–102. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hayes, James W. (1963). "Cheung Chau 1850-1898: Information from Commemorative Tablets" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 3: 88–106. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hayes, James W. (1964). "Peng Chau between 1798 and 1899" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 4: 71–96. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hayes, James (1966). "Old British Kowloon" (PDF). Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 6: 120–137.
• Hayes, James W. (1969). "Removal of Villages for Fung Shui Reasons. Another Example from Lantau Island, Hong Kong" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 9: 156–158. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hayes, James W. (1970). "The San on Map of Mgr. Volontieri" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 10: 193–196. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hayes, James W. (1970). "A Casualty of the Cultural Revolution" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 10: 196–197. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hayes, James (1971). "Visit to the Tung Lin Kok Yuen, and other places on Hong Kong Island" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 11: 195–197.
• Hayes, James (1971). "Rope-making and Dyeing/Calendering on Ap Lei Chau,Hong Kong" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 11: 199–200.
• Hase, Patrick H.; Hayes, James; Iu, K.C. (1984). "Traditional Tea Growing in the New Territories" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 24: 264–281. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hayes, James (1999). "Feng Shui and Roadworks at Tong Fuk Village, 1958" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 39: 255–259. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hayes, James (2002). "Hong Kong's Chinese associations: Their ceremonial occasions and their helpers" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 42: 67–99. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hayes, James. "Afterthoughts on "South China Village Culture" (Hong Kong: Oxford University Press (China), 2001" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 42: 393–398. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hayes, James (2002). "From rice to riches: A personal journey through a changing China (Jane Hutcheon)" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 42: 472–474. ISSN 1991-7295.
• Hayes, James (2012). "Village Literacy and Scholarship: Village Scholars and their Documents". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 52: 77–137. ISSN 1991-7295. JSTOR 23890026.
• Hayes, James (2020). Baker, Hugh D.R. (ed.). A Pattern of Life—Essays on Rural Hong Kong by James Hayes. City University of Hong Kong Press. ISBN 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