HIST 324B

English Society in the Era of Defoe, Fielding, Austen and Dickens, 1689-1837

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

The society and culture of England during the era in which it achieved political domination of the British Isles and became a global superpower. Topics include: aristocratic society; the growing influence of the mercantile and middle classes; the development of urban, commercial and industrial society; changing roles of women and children; the impact of the French and Industrial Revolutions amongst working people; the emergence of the "Victorian" world.

Notes: - Credit will be granted for only one of 324B, 322, 323, 324.

- 120 and 324A recommended.

Formerly: part of 324

Undergraduate course in History offered by the Department of History in the Faculty of Humanities.