Britain in the age of revolutions
Margaret Hamersley
8 points * 2 lectures and 1 tutorial per week * First semester * Clayton
This subject is concerned with British society, institutions and cultural and intellectual life in the age of European revolutions. This was a period of high political tension and severe social and economic dislocation in both Britain and Ireland. The focus of the subject will be on the special features of British society which made the transition from a traditional to a modern society possible without political revolution.
Assessment
Written (5000 words) * Examination (1 hour) * Class participation/attendance
Prescribed texts
Evans E J The forging of the modern state: Early industrial Britain, 1783-1879 Longman, 1983
or
Webb R K Modern England from the eighteenth century to the present Allen and Unwin, 1969
Recommended texts
Porter R English society in the eighteenth century Pelican, 1982