This course surveys Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries, a
period that both affirmed and questioned the "greatness" of
Great Britain in political, economic and social terms. Central
course themes include the transformation of Britain's economic
standing, from the "workshop of the world" to perceptions of
"declinism". The contrasting political fortunes of the
Conservative, Liberal and Labour parties are highlighted; from
"Tory paternalism" to Thatcherite Revolution, from socialist
trade unionism to "Blairism". Class, immigration and Anglo-Irish
affairs are explored as well as the effects of war and peace,
depression and prosperity upon British society. The course also
includes a consideration of the growth of the British Empire and
its comparatively rapid dissolution in the post-war era. Counts
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