Bachelor of Arts (BA) - The University of Hong Kong

207HIST2051.British sources relating to Hong Kong, 1895-1949 (6 credits)The period 1895-1949 is remarkable in the history of Hong Kong not only because of the manyimportant events in Sino-British relations with regard to the British colony, but also because of themany significant changes within the territory itself.About one half of the course is made up of formal lectures which broadly fall into two parts. The firstpart deals with the major crises affecting Hong Kong which called for Sino-British negotiations andother forms of interaction: the 1911 Revolution, the Seamen's Strike in 1922, the Guangzhou-HongKong Strike-Boycott in 1925-1926, Japan's invasion of China from 1937, and the Chinese Civil War,1946-1949. The second part of the lecture series deals with some important aspects and concerns inHong Kong society: the emergence of local Chinese leadership, the communist threat, and other socialdevelopments.The other half of the course is made up of seminars, tutorials, and other media of discussion whichemphasize the usage of British primary sources for a deeper understanding of the events and issues dealtwith in the lectures. Major sources used in the course include government documents, missionarypapers, company papers, private papers of British officials, and English newspapers.Assessment: 100% coursework.HIST2052.Social issues in Hong Kong history (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)Based on the reading and analysis of documentary sources, this course will explore social problemssuch as the survival of Chinese customs, poverty, social mobility, housing, immigration and emigration,and professionalization during Hong Kong's colonial period.Assessment: 100% coursework.HIST2053.The Cold War (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course focuses upon the emergence and development of the Cold War in the 1940s and 1950s. Ittakes into account the new scholarship based on evidence from former Soviet, Eastern European, andChinese archives since the early 1990s. Students are expected to make extensive use of documentarysources.Assessment: 100% coursework.HIST2054.The United States and Asia, 1945-1975 (6 credits)(This course is also offered to second and third year non-BA students for inter-Faculty broadeningpurposes.)This course is intended to teach students how to understand such historical developments as Americanrelations with Republican and Communist China, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, through thereading and analysis of documentary sources: public statements, confidential reports, memoirs,journalistic accounts, etc.Assessment: 100% coursework.