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The University of Hong Kong, an informal history /

The University of Hong Kong is one of Hong Kong's largest single community enterprises. First incorporated as a self-governing body of scholars by the University Ordinance of 1911 its first faculties were formed from the Hong Kong College of Medicine founded in 1887. The growth and development...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mellor, Bernard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Hong Kong] : Hong Kong University Press, 1980.
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  • VOLUME ONE / TEXT VOLUME; Table of Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1. A Community Enterprise; 2. Revolution in China; 3. The University Idea; 4. University in Embryo; 5. Scholars by Examination; 6. Postwar Confrontations; 7. The New Learning and Coming of Age; 8. Strains of War; 9. The Links Break; 10. A New Start; 11. Policy Making: The Keswick and Jennings-Logan Reports; 12. Golden Jubilee and Expansion; 13. Consolidation; 14. Reform; 15. Modernization; Select Bibliography; Index (to Volumes One and Two); VOLUME TWO / ILLUSTRATION VOLUME; Table of Contents
  • Preface & Acknowledgements1. The College of Medicine : forerunner of the University; 2. Founders, Revolutionaries, and Early Benefactors; 3. Early Openings and a Grand Bazaar; 4. The Coat of Arms and Mace; 5. The Three Ho Brothers; 6. Power and Lighting; 7. Chinese Studies; 8. Clinical Instruction; 9. School Examination Centres; 10. From a 1930s Album; 11. War and After; 12. The Sporting Life; 13. Outposts; 14. The Lodge and its Gun; 15. The Halls; 16. Lions and Elephants; 17. Golden Jubilee 1961; 18. At Play; 19. Honours; 20. Bones; 21. Books; 22. The Queen's Visit
  • 23. The Encroachment of the Suburbs24. Meetings; 25. Nine Vice-Chancellors; 26. Demolishments; 27. Constructions; Aerial view of the Main Estate in 1979 ...