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HIST212
History of the English People, 1688 to the Present
HIST212 FA
Crosslistings: WMST213
Photo Caption and Credits
Next Offered in 9899 FA
A social and cultural history of ordinary English people
from the origins of the Industrial Revolution to the present
post-industrial society. Equal attention is given to the
lives of men and of women.
MAJOR READINGS
Bunyan, PILGRIM'S PROCESS
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Selected Letters
Swift, GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
Wesley, Journal* (selections)
Gibbon, Autobiography
Wollstonecraft, VINDICATION OF THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN*
Wordsworth, THE PRELUDE*
Mill, John Stuart, AUTOBIOGRAPHY; THE SUBJECTION OF WOMEN
Dickens, HARD TIMES
Webb, Beatrice, MY APPRENTICESHIP*
Brittain, Vera, TESTAMENT OF YOUTH*
Woolf, Virginia, A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN
Arnstein, Walter, THE PAST SPEAKS: SINCE 1688*
*selections
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
One hour examination and a
final examination. Students have the option of writing a
term paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
About the Photo:
Reference:
Smith, Whitney. FLAGS THROUGH THE AGES AND
ACROSS THE WORLD, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975
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