HIS385H1 Lecture 2: week2
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His385 week 2: entrepot of trade, people, and ideas, p. 1 ( may 17th) In regards to short paper: don"t have to use research paper, no need for thesis but basic requirement is proper writing, format (paragraphing) Overview for source can insert discussion into text. Points on handout aren"t mandatory, just to guide us but do have to make up for it with other stuff. Q: for words like dim sum and yumcha, do we have to italicize it. To indicate definition, include it in discussion or opening paragraph, no need to bracket it to explain what the word means. Treat reader as if they don"t know topic and introduce it to them assume they don"t know what we"re about to write. Opium war doesn"t have much to do with hk history except for catalyst in bringing hk to british rule. Signed in nanjing hence called so and forced chinese people to surrender possession and privileges like ceding hk island.
