Module Identifier HY12920  
Module Title THE REVOLUTIONS OF 1848  
Academic Year 2001/2002  
Co-ordinator Professor Roger Price  
Semester Intended for use in future years  
Next year offered N/A  
Next semester offered N/A  
Course delivery Lecture   18 Hours  
  Seminar   5 Hours  
Assessment Essay   2 x 2,500 word essays   40%  
  Exam   2 Hours   60%  

Brief description


This module will use the Revolutions of 1848 as the basis for a discussion of a number of themes including revolution and counter-revolution, to consider the workings of a range of political systems, the development of a variety of ideologies and the evolution of state-society inter-relationships. Students will be encouraged to develop the capacity to understand and analyse conflicting interpretations and perspectives, to understand the ways in which historians have used source materials and developed hypotheses, to understand the relationship between short-term and long-term processes of change and to present information in a clear and intelligible manner through essays and seminar presentations.