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HIST-134 British History I
Offered academic year 2010-2011
This course will examine a society and a period of special significance in the history of the British Isles, Europe, and the world. During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Great Britain--with England at its heart but also including, with increasing prominence, Scotland and Wales--emerged as the global leader in economic enterprise, imperial expansion, and the evolution of resilient and effective political institutions. This was perhaps all the more striking, given that the late-eighteenth century witnessed both within an overseas element of the British Empire and on the continent of Europe the outbreak and progress of two historic revolutions, each of which claimed primacy over British society as a universal model for the conduct of social and political affairs. Accordingly, a comprehensive assessment of British history in this period would be incomplete without reference to Britain's relationship to those great upheavals, one in America, the other in France, and so these events, too, will be covered.
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: None
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