High-rise homes for the ancestors: Cremation in Hong Kong

Geographical Review

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 409-430

  Teather, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burial; Cemeteries; Columbaria; Cremation; Fengshui; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004583403     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/216158     Document Type: Article

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