Contenu
Au XIXe siècle, le Royaume-Uni était un empire, le centre d’un système planétaire de colonies, d’alliés, et de pouvoirs rivaux. Si l’empire était ancien, les idées et les réalités économiques qui le confrontaient étaient nouvelles. Ce cours va explorer cette confrontation entre l’ancien et le nouveau dans le Royaume-Uni du XIXe siècle.
An empire is not just a big kingdom. Traditionally, it is a center which rules a number of different realms, the sun around which many planets orbit. This is the situation of Britain in 1815-1914, both internationally and at home. Abroad, nineteenth-century Britain was the center of an international solar system of colonies, dominions, and independent, rival powers. At home, the dominant strands of Victorian culture were confronted by a mass of new ideas, and sometimes old one (like Catholicism) that exerted their own gravitational pull. This course will explore the sun and planets of the British Empire at its height.
Contrôles des connaissances
Quiz, examens en classe, présentation orale
