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
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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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