Academic Calendar 2020/2021 - Making Modern Britain, 1760-1914
HIST 2146 Making Modern Britain, 1760-1914
Prerequisites:
Six credits of History at the 1000 level or 24 credits completed.Antirequisites:
HIST 2405Hours:
Three hours of lecture per week for one term.Credits:
3Description:
Students explore the issues and events dating from the mid-18th century that transformed Britain from an agricultural and commercial nation into the largest industrial and global economy of the early 20th century. Themes include social order and the agrarian revolution, industrialization, urban expansion, the rise of the middle class, political reform and imperialism.