British Civilisation and Literature: 19th and 20th centuries
Survey British literature of the 19th and 20th centuries, from Romanticism and realism to modernism, war writing, empire, and social change.
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Westward Expansion: America’s Road to the Pacific
Explore American westward expansion, from the Louisiana Purchase and Oregon Trail to the Mexican War, railroads and Indigenous dispossession.
USA: Birth of a Nation
After France’s defeat in Canada, Britain remained the only power left in Eastern North America. The colonies were now free to spread over the continent.
The Glorious Revolution of 1688
Explore the Glorious Revolution of 1688, from James II and William of Orange to parliamentary sovereignty, Protestant succession, and the Bill of Rights.
The Affluent Society : poverty rediscovered?
Post-war Britain is characterised by Butskellism, a hybrid word formed from the Conservative (Butler) and Labour (Gaitskell) Chancellors of the Exchequer.