HIST 230(F) Britain, 1714-1848

This course will offer a chronological and topical survey of British history between 1714 to 1848. Several themes, in particular, will be stressed: the nature of British society prior to the industrial revolution; the political structure of the eighteenth-century-British state; social conflict in preindustrial Britain; the advent of a modern consumer economy; the rise of new forms of political radicalism in the latter half of the eighteenth century; the causes and consequences of the industrial revolution; the birth of new systems of class and gender relations in the wake of industrialization; and, finally, the reform of British political institutions in the first half of the nineteenth century. Overall, the course is designed to trace the gradual emergence of Britain as a modern, industrial democracy and world power. While the instructor will deliver four introductory lectures, emphasis in the course will be placed on the discussion of a variety of sources which, taken together, will illuminate British history between the advent of the Hanoverian monarchy in 1714 and the demise of radical discontent associated with industrialization in 1848. Along with History 231, "Britain Since 1848," this course is conceived as part of a two-semester survey of modern British history. Evaluation will be based on class participation, two interpretive essays (8-10 pages each), and a self-scheduled final exam. Groups B and D

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