Happy Families? The Western European Family, Seventeenth to Nineteenth Centuries (12 points)
(ARTS)
Leader: David Garrioch
Offered:
Not offered in 2004.
Synopsis:
Objectives: In addition to the general objectives for fourth-year study defined by the History Department, students successfully completing this unit will: 1. Come to understand the family as a historically determined structure. 2. Become familiar with the key concepts and debates in family history, including those in historical demography and the history of sexuality. 3. Be encouraged to take a holistic approach to family history, taking into account legal, medical, economic, affective, demographic, environmental factors. 4. Become aware of key changes in the early modern and modern periods, including changes in law, medicine, demography, political structures, and social thought. 5. Become aware of the way that present-day assumptions influence perceptions of the past. 6. Be aware of long-term approaches to history and have thought about the interplay of long- and short-term factors; in particular, to reflect on historical periodisation ('early modern', 'modern'). 7. Use and reflect on the value of concepts and approaches taken from a wide range of historical methods, including feminist, economic, demographic, medical, art and social history.
Assessment: Essay (2000 words): 25% + Research essay (5000 words): 50% + Take-home examination (2 hours): 25%
Contact Hours: 2 hour seminar per week
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