FF:HIB0505I A History of Modern Britain I

HIB0505I A History of Modern Britain I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

PhDr. Vladimír Černý, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Tue 16:00–17:40 G31

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

The two-semester course will focus on the development of Great Britain and its colonial empire in the 19th and 20th centuries. The first part focuses on the period from the Napoleonic wars to the outbreak of the First World War. During the course, students will gain the ability to analyze main political, military, social and economical processes that affected the changes of the United Kingdom and its colonial empire. Students will also gain the opportunity to practise working with foreign literature.

Syllabus

1. British historiography in the 19th and 20th centuries; key authors and their works.
2. A brief summary of the history of the British Isles by the end of the 18th century.
3. Napoleonic wars; the role of the army and the navy.
4. Postwar period and Reform Act of 1832.
5. The first phase of the Victorian era; British society and culture.
6. Radicals and Chartists; social clashes and attempts to reform from the 1830s to 1850s.
7. The Great Irish Famine and its social, economic and political consequences.
8. The expansion of empire and the imperial economy; queen Victoria's proclamation as Empress of India (1876).
9. Political parties in the second half of the 19th century; Gladstone and Disraeli.
10. Electoral reforms of 1867 and 1884; the position of a woman in a Victorian society.
11. Empire at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries; the Boer war.
12. Britain and its power rivals; the Entente Cordiale.
13. The Edvardian era; Britain before the First World War.

Literature

ABBOTT, Graeme. Gladstone and Disraeli. London: Collins, 1972, 162 s. ISBN 0003272109. info
Britain as a military power, 1688-1815. Edited by Jeremy Black. London: UCL Press, 1999, viii, 332. ISBN 185728772X. info
British history 1815-1914. Edited by Norman McCord - A. W. Purdue. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, xiv, 595 p. ISBN 0199261644. info
FERGUSON, Niall. Britské impérium : cesta k modernímu světu. Translated by Rudolf Chalupský. V českém jazyce vydání p. Praha: Prostor, 2007, 422 stran. ISBN 9788072601752. info
JENKINS, Roy. Gladstone : portrét politika viktoriánské Anglie. Translated by Petra Kůsová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Prostor, 2000, 535 s. ISBN 8072600400. info
JUDD, Denis. Impérium : britská imperiální zkušenost od roku 1765 do současnosti. Translated by Zdeněk Hron. 1. vyd. Praha: BB art, 1999, 507 s. ISBN 8072570463. info
MORGAN, Kenneth O., Martin KOVÁŘ and Josef POLIŠENSKÝ. Dějiny Británie. Translated by Ivo Šmoldas. 2., dopl. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008, 656 s. ISBN 9788071064329. info
NERAD, Filip. Búrská válka. Praha: Aleš Skřivan ml, 2004, 232 s. ISBN 808649313X. info
Parliamentary reform, 1785-1928. Edited by Sean Lang. New York: Routledge, 1999, 198 p. ;. ISBN 0415183995. info
SEAMAN, L. C. B. Victorian England : aspects of English and Imperial history 1837-1901. 1st pub. London: Methuen & Co., 1973, 484 s. ISBN 0416775500. info
WILSON, Keith M. The policy of the entente : essays on the determinants of british foreign policy 1904-1914. 1st pub. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985, viii, 199. ISBN 0521301955. info

Teaching methods

The course is carried out in form of lectures.

Assessment methods

The classification will include the evaluation of students' essays on given topics. The final exam will be in the form of a written test examining the students' elementary knowledge of the subject.

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