HIST-4153 (3) Emergence of Modern Britain, 1688-1852

Surveys British history from the Revolution of 1688 to the Great Exhibition in 1851. Topics include creation of the United Kingdom, traditional popular culture, birth of a consumer society, the British Enlightenment, the Evangelical Revival, loss of the American colonies, imperial expansion in Asia, war with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, the Industrial Revolution, and the impact of utilitarianism and political radicalism. Prereq., HIST 1020, 1040, 2103, or 2123. Restricted to sophomores/juniors/seniors.