HPL4511 - Reading Regional History

Leader: David Schmitt

Offered

Gippsland Second semester 2007 (Day)
Gippsland Second semester 2007 (Off-campus)

Synopsis

Introduction to the theoretical and methodological issues associated with regional studies. Application to studies approaching Australian history from regional and local perspectives. The unit is divided into six topic areas: theoretical and methodological considerations; rural regions - regional history in the 1960s; the colonies/states as regions; urban, and urban-hinterland regions; shire/municipal histories and Australia and supra-state regionalism; and regional, thematic histories.

Assessment

Regional study (6000 words): 70%
Seminar papers (3000 words): 30%

Contact hours

2 hour seminar per week

Prerequisites

First degree with a major in history-politics or related discipline