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131-242/342 From Great Exhibition To Great War: British Society 1850-1918

Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years

Coordinator: Dr P Nicholls.

Prerequisite: Normally, 25 points of first year History.

Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week.

Timetable: First semester

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should: have acquired a good grasp of the main social, economic and political developments which took place in Britain between 1850 and 1918; understand the major developments and changes in the social welfare system of the country over this period; understand the role and status of women in Victorian Britain, and the development of the feminist and suffragist movements; understand the nature of the relationship between Britain and Ireland, and the major challenges (constitutional and unconstitutional) to the political union of the countries in this period; understand the nature of British imperialism and imperial ideology in this period; understand the major changes to this society brought about by the impact of the First World War.

Content:

A social and political history of Britain (including Ireland) from its mid-Victorian heyday in 1850 to the end of the first World War.

Assessment:

One oral class paper (10%), one research essay of 3,000 words (50%), one final reflective essay of 2,000 words (30%), tutorial participation (10%).

Prescribed texts:

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2. History, Faculty of Educ(Parkville) (v5, p127) : Next:131-243 | Prev:131-241

131-242/342 From Great Exhibition To Great War: British Society 1850-1918

Credit points: 16.7

Coordinator: Dr P Nicholls.

Contact: Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial each week.

Timetable: First semester.

Objectives:

On completion of this subject students should: have acquired a good grasp of the main social, economic and political developments which took place in Britain between 1850 and 1918; understand the major developments and changes in the social welfare system of the country over this period; understand the role and status of women in Victorian Britain, and the development of the feminist and suffragist movements; understand the nature of the relationship between Britain and Ireland, and the major challenges (constitutional and unconstitutional) to the political union of the countries in this period; understand the nature of British imperialism and imperial ideology in this period; understand the major changes to this society brought about by the impact of the First World War.

Content:

A social and political history of Britain (including Ireland) from its mid-Victorian heyday in 1850 to the end of the first World War.

Assessment:

One oral class paper (10 per cent); one research essay of 3,000 words (50 per cent); one final reflective essay of 2,000 words (30 per cent); tutorial participation (10 per cent).

Prescribed texts:

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Date created:    Oct  9 1995
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