Topic: Victorian Britian
| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11:45am- | MWF | Math & Science Center - N304 | Patrick Allitt. | HSC. | 4 | 1045 | TBA. |
Content: During the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) Britain became the world’s first industrial superpower and built an empire that stretched around the world. The course will explain Britain’s commercial, industrial, and military dominance. We will also investigate social inequalities, the artistic and literary protest against them, and such intellectual giants of the era as John Stuart Mill, Charles Darwin, and George Eliot.
Required Texts: John Stuart Mill, Autobiography; Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford; Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the English Working Class; Bertrand Russell, Autobiography, Volume I; Edmund Gosse, Father and Son; Anthony Trollope, The Warden; Lytton Strachey, Eminent Victorians; L. T. C. Rolt, Victorian Engineering; George Eliot, Felix Holt
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