Module description
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The colonies of settlement have been neglected in studies of British imperialism in recent decades. This module will focus attention on the shared histories of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa since the early-nineteenth century as part of a larger ‘British World’. These societies’ evolution from colonies to self-governing dominions and independent nations, as well as their common dispossession and marginalisation of Indigenous peoples, will be examined not only comparatively but also by exploring the sense of belonging that developed among them, based on shared origins, culture, experience and identity. The module will examine factors such as those which brought these various communities together – cultural, political, economic, constitutional and military – as well as the forces that eventually drove them apart from one another, and from Great Britain itself.
More information available here: https://keats.kcl.ac.uk/mod/book/view.php?id=3195516&chapterid=262145
Assessment details
Coursework
1 x 4,000 word essay (100%)
Teaching pattern
10 x 2 hour weekly seminars