Module Identifier | HY14120 | |||||||||||||||||
Module Title | BRITAIN IN THE AGE OF EMPIRE, 1850-1914 | |||||||||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | |||||||||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Dr Owen G Roberts | |||||||||||||||||
Semester | Intended for use in future years | |||||||||||||||||
Next year offered | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
Next semester offered | N/A | |||||||||||||||||
Mutually Exclusive | HA14120 | |||||||||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | 18 x 50 minutes | ||||||||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | 5 x 50 minutes | |||||||||||||||||
Assessment |
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- Introduction
- Britain and the world in the mid-19th century
- The economics of empire
- Missionaries, and the `civilizing mission'.
- The Sepoy mutiny and the end of the East India Company
- `New Imperialism' and the scramble for Africa
- Midlothian and Khartoum: public debate over Empire.
- Imperial ideas and popular culture.
- Ideas of race
- Englishness and Britishness
- The Irish home rule crisis
- Emigration to the colonies
- Sport, cultural imperialism and new identities
- The Boer War
- The aftermath of the Boer War. Social Darwinism and reform.
- Imperialism and Gender
- Imperial competition and the clouds of war in Europe
- Conclusion: the imperial experience and British society.
Seminars
1. A civilizing mission? Rationales for Empire.
2. Imperial ideas and popular culture
3. Challenges to ideas of Britishness.
4. The Boer War and the fitness of the race.
5. Competition between European Empires, and the build-up to the Great War.
One individual tutorial class during the semester
Problem solving | Note problems arising from historiographical debates, note relevant historical evidence which could influence possible solutions and evaluate its advantages and drawbacks; develop independent mindset towards problem-solving. | ||
Research skills | Understand a range of research techniques; design and execute research; produce appropriate academic report. | ||
Communication | Read within different contexts and for different purposes; listen effectively; write effectively for different purposes and audiences | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | Show awareness of learning techniques, personal needs and preferences, and obstacles to learning; design and execute realistic learning strategies. | ||
Team work | Understand the concept of group dynamic; contribute to group target-setting and to planning group activities; take an active role in group activities; practice skills of discussion and persuasion. | ||
Information Technology | Students will be encouraged to word-process their work and to make use of online electronic resources | ||
Personal Development and Career planning | Develop an awareness of written and oral skills, attributes and attitudes; plan and prepare for future career. | ||
Subject Specific Skills | Understand and assess historical evidence and explore key concepts in the context of the history of Britain and Europe in the Age of Empire. |
This module is at CQFW Level 4