Descriptif CM
Histoire politique, sociale et culturelle du Royaume-Uni au XXe siècle
Political, social and cultural history of XXth century Britain.
Valérie Morisson
valerie.morisson@univ-montp3.fr
The course will focus on XXth century Britain and explore successively the following topics :
- 1900-1920 : the Edwardian era, the Empire, the Great War, women’s suffrage ;
- The Glasgow Empire exhibition of 1938 ;
- WW2, the creation of the Welfare state and the notion of public health ;
- Disindustrialization, trade unionism and the working class ;
- Thatcherism : the end of the post-war consensus, the ennemies within ;
- Thatcherism : foreign policy, the Falklands War, the Northern Irish question ;
- Migration policies, multiculturalism and its demise, Brexit ;
- Urbanism : from slum clearances to high-rise and creative cities, the persisting housing crisis, environmentalism.
Assessment : Examen d’une heure en semaine 13 sur le créneau habituel. Question(s) de cours.
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- Διδάσκων: Morisson Valerie