Course Description
English history from the Restoration to the present. Emphasis will be on political and cultural change as well as economic and imperial development.
Athena Title
English History Since 1660
Prerequisite
One course in HIST or ENGL 1101 or ENGL 1101E or ENGL 1101S or ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E or ENGL 1102S or POLS 1101 or POLS 1101E or POLS 1101H or POLS 1101S
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- By the end of this course, students will be able to arrive at conclusions about modern English history by gathering and weighing evidence, logical argument, and listening to counter argument.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to write stylistically appropriate papers and essays. Students will be able to analyze ideas and evidence, organize their thoughts, and revise and edit their finished essays.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to identify how modern English history shaped social and cultural identities, attitudes, and ideologies, encouraging them to understand diverse worldviews and experiences.
- By the end of this course, students will be able to apply appropriate methodological approaches to their analysis of primary sources and to organize their evidence to show historical continuities and discontinuities.
Topical Outline
- Week One--Restoration of 1660
- Week Two--Collapse of Restoration Settlement and Glorious Revolution
- Week Three--Revolution Settlement
- Week Four--Growth of Political Stability 1690-1760
- Week Five--Imperial Wars and Economic Change
- Week Six--George III and Crisis of the American War
- Week Seven--Challenge of the French Revolution and Napoleon
- Week Eight--Origins of the Industrial Revolution and Growth of an Industrial Economy
- Week Nine--Social and Political Change in the early Nineteenth Century
- Week Ten--The Hungry Forties--Chartism and Famine in Ireland
- Week Eleven--Victorianism and its Critics
- Week Twelve--Gladstone, Disraeli, and Parnell: England, Ireland, and Empire
- Week Thirteen--Britain in the Early Twentieth Century
- Week Fourteen--War and its Aftermath
- Week Fifteen--Depression, War, and Welfare State
