Alan Sennett<\/p>\n
Part One of a three-part course looking at Britain and its empire 1500-2000.\u00a0 This ten-week course traces the origins and development of Britain\u2019s Empire through to the mid-nineteenth century.\u00a0 We examine voyages of exploration, the development of colonies in America and slavery in the Caribbean.\u00a0 We consider the emergence of a trading empire and the territorial expansion of the period after 1780, not least in India.\u00a0 We also look at the shift from empire as a peripheral activity to its central role in the formation of a \u201cBritish\u201d identity in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.\u00a0 Along the way we look at historical debates such as \u201cwhat drove and sustained imperialism: economics, politics or missionary zeal?\u201d\u00a0 How did Britain extend its empire at the expense of other powers? How should we view the relationship between industry and empire.\u00a0 How should we assess Britain\u2019s involvement with slavery?<\/p>\n
Day<\/strong>: Tuesday\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Time<\/strong>: 10am – 12 noon Online Learning Environment: <\/b>Zoom<\/p>\n
\n10 weeks, 22 September to 1 December 2020
\nHalf term break: 27 October
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