3413 (v.5) History 312 - History of the First Industrial Revolution - The British Experience

Area:	Department of Social Sciences
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	50.0
Lecture:	1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s):	2488 (v.5) History 212 - History of the First Industrial Revolution - The British Experience
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. plus a major research paper.
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