UGEC2944 歷史上的香港族群

Being one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the World, Hong Kong encompasses people of different racial, ethnic and social backgrounds, that attributes to Hong Kong’s hybridity and diversity. This course introduces students to the history of Hong Kong by looking closely at the many varied peoples in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, the gateway to China and a former British colony with dominant Chinese population, how the life, experience and identity of different races, ethnicities and classes differs? What roles did they play in the rise of Hong Kong from a fishing village to a global hub for opportunity? How did their different stories together turn Hong Kong into a cultural melting pot? This course is relevant to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly in the area of SDG#8 Decent Work and Economic Growth, SDG#10 Reducing Inequalities and SDG#11 Sustainable Cities and Communities.

(1) Introduction and The Early Inhabitants of Hong Kong
(2) The Villagers and Village Life in Rural Hong Kong
(3) The Taipans: British Traders and the Opium War
(4) Comprador: The Chinese Merchant Elite
(5) The Other Europeans in Colonial Hong Kong: The Portuguese and the “Poor White”
(6) The Jewish Diaspora in Hong Kong
(7) Minority Within Minorities: The Parsees in Hong Kong
(8) Between the Two Worlds: Eurasians in Hong Kong
(9) Post-war Hong Kong: Emigrant Entrepreneurs
(10) “Long Live the Factory Girls”: Factory Girls in Post-war Hong Kong
(11) The Rebellious Generation: Students in the 1970s
(12) “Hongkongers” and “New Immigrants”
(13) Conclusion

30% Quiz
70% Final Paper

請注意大學有關學術著作誠信的政策和規則，及適用於犯規事例的紀律指引和程序。詳情可瀏覽網址：http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/。

學生遞交作業時，必須連同已簽署的聲明一併提交，表示他們知道有關政策、規則、指引及程序。

• 如屬小組習作，則所有組員均須簽署聲明；所有組員（不論有否簽署聲明及不論有否直接或間接撰寫有問題的內容）均須負上集體責任及受到懲處。
• 如作業以電腦製作、內容以文字為主，並經由大學「維誠」系統 (VeriGuide) 提交者，學生將作業的電子檔案上載到系統後，便會獲得收據，收據上已列明有關聲明。

未有夾附簽署妥當的聲明的作業，老師將不予批閱。

學生只須提交作業的最終版本。

學生將作業或作業的一部份用於超過一個用途（例如：同時符合兩科的要求）而沒有作出聲明會被視為未有聲明重覆使用作業。學生重覆使用其著作的措辭或某一、二句句子很常見，並可以接受，惟重覆使用全部內容則構成問題。在任何情況下，須先獲得相關老師同意方可提交作業。