Britain, 1901-1939: Culture and Politics

Undergraduate credit

This course will examine British culture and politics from the turn of the twentieth century to the beginning of World War II, with attention to the nature and structure of politics and the state; modernisms and modernities before and after World War I; war experiences of mass participation and their effects; constitutional and cultural changes in Ireland, Scotland and Wales as well as England; changes in men's and women's rights; technology and media; and the centrality of the empire to British history throughout this period.