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131-028 Birth of Industrial Society in Britain | |
Note | Formerly available as 131-212/312. Students who have completed 131-212/312 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Assoc Prof D Philips |
Prerequisites | Usually 25 points of First Year History. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | A 1.5-hour lecture and a 1-hour tutorial per week |
Subject Description | This subject studies British society during the critical period of the world's first Industrial Revolution. Students should become familiar with themes such as: the major social changes brought by early industrialisation; the concepts of social class, class consciousness and class conflict in relation to the development of a middle class and working class; the nature of the British state and issues of reform and revolution; changes in the role and status of women and the family; and the development of the modern ideologies of classical economics, liberalism, socialism, paternalism, evangelicalism and Benthamite utilitarianism and their application to the social problems of the period. The subject also examines developments in Britain's dependency on Ireland in this period, including the crucial events of Catholic Emancipation and the Great Famine. |
Assessment | Written work totalling 4000 words. |
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