Queen Victoria Always in the Making: Modern Britain, 1688 to the Present

Food for Thought Reading Assignments

Week 6 (February 24-March 2)

Monday, February 25

Arnstein, pp. 19-31
Willcox and Arnstein, pp. 186-206

Wednesday, February 27

James Wilson, "The First Half of the Ninteenth Century: Progress of the Nation and the Race" (1851)
Samuel Smiles, "Men of Business" from Self-Help (1859)
Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Classes in England (1844)
George Sturt, "Prices" from The Wheelwright's Shop (1923)
Evidence Given before the Sadler Committee on Child Labour (1832)

Friday, March 1

Excerpt from John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
Willcox and Arnstein, pp. 299-325

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