Module Descriptors
INDUSTRIALISATION,CLASS AND CULTURE: THE EARLY VICTORIANS
XXXX56950
Key Facts
Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies
Level 5
20 credits
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 18
Independent Study Hours: 142
Total Learning Hours: 160
Assessment
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
You will be expected to undertake a piece of coursework, using documentary evidence, on "Problems and Perspectives" with regard to selected topics.
Module Assessment
A COURSEWORK -ESSAY length 4000 WORDS weighted at 100%.
@ THE ESSAY OF 3500-4000 WORDS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE NOTIFIED DEADLINE. ALL THE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENTS AS INDICATED IN THE HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE AWARD HANDBOOK APPLY TO THIS ESSAY.
@ THE ESSAY OF 3500-4000 WORDS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE NOTIFIED DEADLINE. ALL THE ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR COURSEWORK ASSIGNMENTS AS INDICATED IN THE HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE AWARD HANDBOOK APPLY TO THIS ESSAY.
Module Texts
J.F.C. Harrison, The Early Victorians, London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1971, Reptd., 1989
E.J. Hobsbawn, Industry and Empire, London, Penguin, 1969, Reptd., 1990
J. Rendall, Women in an Industrializing Society: England1750-1880, Oxford, Blackwell, 1990
J. Belchem, Industrialization and the Working Class, The English Experience 1750-1900, Aldershot, Scolar, 1990
E. Royle, Revolutionary Britannia, Manchester, M.U.P., 2000
J. Rule, The Labouring Classes in Early Industrial England, 1750-1850, London, Longman, 1986, Reptd., 1993
B. Caine, English Feminism 1780-1980, Oxford, O.U.P., 1997
E.J. Hobsbawn, Industry and Empire, London, Penguin, 1969, Reptd., 1990
J. Rendall, Women in an Industrializing Society: England1750-1880, Oxford, Blackwell, 1990
J. Belchem, Industrialization and the Working Class, The English Experience 1750-1900, Aldershot, Scolar, 1990
E. Royle, Revolutionary Britannia, Manchester, M.U.P., 2000
J. Rule, The Labouring Classes in Early Industrial England, 1750-1850, London, Longman, 1986, Reptd., 1993
B. Caine, English Feminism 1780-1980, Oxford, O.U.P., 1997
Module Resources
Recommended library books and journals
Module Learning Strategies
As a 20 credit student you will undertake 160 hours of total learning time, of which 18 hours will be in the form of class contact. This comprises one hour weekly lecture and a one hour bi-weekly seminar with 142 hours for independent learning. The bi-weekly seminars will be used for discussion and position papers. As a 20 credit student you will be expected to consult with me in the independent learning time, in order to provide you with more guidance on historiography and controversy e.g. 'The Standard of Living Debate'.
Module Indicative Content
The objective of this Level 2, 20 credit module is to explore the political, social and cultural consequences of the cotton and railway phases of industrialisation. Particular attention will be paid to the themes of conflict and change, and to understanding the emergence of what constituted Victorianism by 1851. Central to the concerns of the module are the role of class and protest (Chartism and the Anti-Corn Law League) , gender, religion, education and urban life.
Module Learning Outcome
Academic General Learning Outcomes:
(1) An appropriate level of thinking and communication skills
(2) Apply historical concepts to periods of historical change and to particular events and developments
(3) An ability to identify and comment on historical debates
(4) Be able to write a coherent, analytic overview supported by the appropriate scholarly apparatus
Module-Specific Learning Outcomes:
(1) Have an overview of the themes and issues facing the first industrial state
(2) An ability to work in small groups and provide verbal reports on the group's findings, which can be used in
the formal assessment work
(3) An ability to analyse the nature of change in British society in the wake of modern industrial capitalism
(4) Gain insights into the attitudes of the Victorians to the problems and changes they faced
(5) An awareness and understanding of the place of historiographical debate and controversy in the development of
historical thought.
Transferable Skills:
(1) Be increasingly responsible for your own out of class study and time management
(2) Display flexibility and adaptability
(3) Demonstrate an appropriate level of word processing and computer skills.
(1) An appropriate level of thinking and communication skills
(2) Apply historical concepts to periods of historical change and to particular events and developments
(3) An ability to identify and comment on historical debates
(4) Be able to write a coherent, analytic overview supported by the appropriate scholarly apparatus
Module-Specific Learning Outcomes:
(1) Have an overview of the themes and issues facing the first industrial state
(2) An ability to work in small groups and provide verbal reports on the group's findings, which can be used in
the formal assessment work
(3) An ability to analyse the nature of change in British society in the wake of modern industrial capitalism
(4) Gain insights into the attitudes of the Victorians to the problems and changes they faced
(5) An awareness and understanding of the place of historiographical debate and controversy in the development of
historical thought.
Transferable Skills:
(1) Be increasingly responsible for your own out of class study and time management
(2) Display flexibility and adaptability
(3) Demonstrate an appropriate level of word processing and computer skills.