2488 (v.5) History 212 - History of the First Industrial Revolution - The British Experience



 

Area:Department of Social Sciences
Contact Hours:3.0
Credits:25.0
Lecture:1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):3413 (v.5) History 312 - History of the First Industrial Revolution - The British Experience
Prerequisite(s):1438 (v.4) History 111 - History of India in the 17th Century or any previous version
AND
1439 (v.4) History 112 - The Modern World - The Rise and Fall of British Imperialism in the 19th and 20th Centuries or any previous version
The first industrial revolution - debates over the causes of the industrial revolution, the uniqueness of the British experience, industrialisation and class structure. Democracy - the fear of revolution, the Reform Acts, public education. Urbanisation -poverty and the poor law, public health, social reform movements. Professionalisation and the administrative revolution. Secularisation - anti-clericalism, science and religion, the churches and the working class, new ideologies and world views.

 

 

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