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HISTORY 2SS3

LIBERTY, EMPIRE AND INDUSTRY: BRITAIN, 1688-1867

Undergraduate

Fall 2025 · Lbrty,Empr&Ind: Brit1688-1867 · C01

Readings

  • Etext Britain Since 1688 A Nation In The World - 6 Month Access Ed: 2
    Barczewski, Eglin,Heathorn Etc · 2 · Suggested
    ISBN 9781000859331; 9781032257174
Fall 2025 · C01

Topics

  • Excerpt from Locke’s “Two Treatises on Government”: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1690locke-sel.asp
  • Discussion of the London Lives Website.
  • Burke’s Speech on the Impeachment of Warren Hastings: https://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/burkee/extracts/chap12.htm
  • David Linton, “The Luddites : How did they get that bad reputation?.” Labor History 33, no. 4 (1992): 529-537.
  • Carl J. Griffin, “Luddism, Machine-Breaking and the Swing Riots.” Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique , no. 1 (2025). https://doi.org/10.4000/133dc.
  • Chartism: The People’s Petition (1838): https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1838chartism.asp
  • Women Miners in English Coal Pits (1842): https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1842womenminers.asp
  • Herbert Spencer on Social Darwinism (1857): https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/spencer-darwin.asp

Readings

  • All required tutorial texts will be provided.
    Required
  • Britain Since 1688: A Nation in the World
    Stephanie Barczewski, John Eglin, Stephen Heathorn, Michael Silvestri, Michelle Tusan · May 10, 2023 · Recommended / optional
    Routledge · ISBN 9781032257174
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