HIST 2610

This course surveys the major political, social and cultural developments in British history from the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688 to the age of the industrial revolution. Topics include the changing role of the monarchy, political patronage and social elites, crime and the law, radical political movements, imperial conflicts in North America and India and their impact on Indigenous and colonized peoples, the growth of industrialization and its impact on working and living conditions, poverty and disease in Victorian cities, Irish nationalism, family life and "Victorian values," religion and science. Lecture: Three hours a week