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The British Empire

Key information

  • Module code:

    7AAH5023

  • Level:

    7

  • Semester:

      Spring

  • Credit value:

    15

Module description

An introduction to the history and historiography of the British Empire from its Tudor origins to decolonization. It aims, first, to give students an introduction to the development of British imperial history as a discipline, and, second, to prepare them to teach the subject. It moves between the history of the imperial centre, and the stories of encounter, settlement, violence, resistance, and of the transformation of lifeways and identity, at the American, Asian, African, and Pacific peripheries of British influence.

Assessment details

1 x 3,500 words essay (100%)

Teaching pattern

10 x 2 hour seminars (weekly)

Subject areas

Department

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