Courses Handbook 2006 - [Archived]

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

Area:

 Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

 25.0

Contact Hours:

 3.0
 
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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
 

Syllabus:

 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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Field of Education:

 090305 History

Funding Cluster:

 03 - Humanities

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

 Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

 Grade/Mark

Availability
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