Schedule of Class Meetings and Readings
Please feel free to interrupt the lectures with questions.
January
21 Introduction: Great Britain
23 Land and the People. Briggs, 1
26 The English Constitution and the English Church
28 The American and French Revolutions
30 The Triumph of William Pitt. Briggs, 2.
February
04 Napoleonic Wars and Imperial Expansion. Briggs, 3.
06 Evangelicals
ODNB. Hannah More.
ODNB Augustus Pugin
11 Great Reform Bill. Briggs, 4-5.
13 The Oxford Movement and the Disruption
16 The Condition of England in the 1830s/1840s. Briggs, 6.
18 North and South discussion: "What can I learn about history from this novel?"
20 Chartism and the Anti-Corn Law League
25 The Great Famine in Ireland
Paper due on North and South 3-5 pages
Outline, bibliography and abstract for research paper due
27 The Crystal Palace. Briggs, 8.
special office hours 2:30-4
March
04 Sex and the Victorian Family. Matthew, 4.
ODNB William Acton
06 The Crimean War and the Indian Mutiny. Briggs, 7.
09 Charles Darwin and the Theory of Natural Selection
11 The Bible and the Victorians. Briggs, 9.
ODNB John Colenso
Spring Break
23 John Stuart Mill and the Theory of Democracy
25 The Reform Bill of 1867. Briggs, 10.
27 William Gladstone and Liberalism. Matthew 2.
30 Gladstonian Liberalism and the Tory Resurgence
April
01 Disraelian Conservatism and Social Reform
08 The Great Depression. Matthew 1.
10 Radicalism and Irish Home Rule
ODNB Joseph Chamberlain
15 The Scramble for Africa and Popular Imperialism
17 Public Schools and the Professions
ODNB Dorothea Beale
22 Jude the Obscure discussion
First draft of research paper due
ODNB Charles Booth
27 Socialism and the Labor Movement
ODNB Keir Hardie
29 The Boer War and High Imperialism. Matthew, conclusion.
Note: turn in the graded copy of your first paper with this one.
Research paper due
Graduate student review essay due
May
ODNB John Clifford
ODNB Sylvia Pankhurst
06 The Outbreak of World War I
08 Review for Final
13 Final Exam 7:30 a.m. (Wednesday) Please note: the final exam will be given only at this time.