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HIST212

History of the English People, 1688 to the Present
HIST212 FA

Crosslistings: WMST213
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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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