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070205 VO Lecture Specialisaton 2 (2012S)

Britain in the 20th Century

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte

Die Vorlesung beginnt PÜNKTLICH!
These lectures will be recorded and placed on the university homepage:
www.univie.ac.at/digitale-medien/vorlesungen.

Details

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 14.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 21.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 28.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 18.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 25.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 02.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 09.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 16.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 23.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 30.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 06.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 13.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 20.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6
  • Wednesday 27.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 34 Hauptgebäude, Hochparterre, Stiege 6

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The series of lectures covers the history of Britain from the death of Queen Victoria in 1901 to the retirement of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister in 1990. The primary emphasis will be on politics and economics, the secondary on social life and cultural affairs. A rough schedule of the lectures will include:
1. Introduction
2. Britain before 1914
3. The Great War: leaders and led, life on the home and battle fronts
4. The 1920s: Adjustment at home, and the limits of Empire
5. Britain in the 1930s: economic depression and the appeasement of the dictators
6. Backs to the Wall: Britain at war, 1939-1945
7. The first post-war Labour Government 1945-1951: domestic and foreign policy
8. Britain in the 1950s: “You never had it so good”(?)
9. Imperial withdrawal, 1947-1997
10. The 1960s: Labour returns to power
11. The 1970s: break-up of British consensus politics
12. Mrs Thatcher and Thatcherism, 1979-1990
13. Deutsche Zusammenfassung

Assessment and permitted materials


A two-hour written examination; students are required to answer two questions: a) on themes based on lectures 1-6 and b) on themes based on lectures 7-12. At the end of each examination answer students are obliged to write the titles of at least two books in English which they have consulted.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To provide students with an insight into recent British history, to explain the role of the country in Europe and why it has declined in economic terms.

Examination topics

Lectures with images and film.

Reading list

See my homepage: www.univie.ac.at/igl.geschichte/mcloughlin

Association in the course directory

MA Historisch-kulturwissenschaftliche Europaforschung: Vertiefung 2 (4 ECTS); MA Globalgeschichte: Vertiefung 2 (4 ECTS); MA Zeitgeschichte: Vertiefung 1 + 2 (4 ECTS); MA Geschichte: Vertiefung 2 Späte Neuzeit (4 ECTS);

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