Urban Society and Civil Society in England, Scotland and Ireland Since 1688 (ES0080)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-USCSSIE

This specialist course, meeting for 2 hours every two weeks over 10 weeks. The development of urban society and civil society is explored in specific historical contexts in three countries. A wide variety of sources and methodologies will be examined, including the newspaper press, parliamentary papers, legal documents and nominal records. This course cannot be attempted without having first completed 'Urban Society and Civil Society in Historical Context'.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

The course seeks to develop:
- Advanced knowledge of and competency in a specialist field of economic and social history.
- An ability to apply economic and social theory to an understanding of key themes in modern British society, urban development and national governance.
- A knowledge and understanding of the central historiographical issues generally, and in Britain, Europe and North America in particular, surrounding state and civil society in Britain.
- An awareness of primary and secondary sources within this field of study that could then be analysed in the specialist component of this course.
- The ability to engage with a specific issue in the history of Britain since the seventeenth century, incorporating appropriate literary, data analytical, and bibliographical skills.