Class Schedule
Week 10 (March 31-April 6)
Monday,
April 1: Angels and Insects Movie
Essay due
Topic of Discussion:
The Diamond Jubilee,
the Empire, and the Monarchy in Transition
Readings:
Joseph Chamberlain
on "The True Conception of Empire" (1897)
Rudyard Kipling, "The
White Man's Burden" (1899)
Rudyard Kipling, "Recessional"
(1897)
Arnstein, pp. 173-190
Wednesday,
April 3
Topic of Discussion:
Social Reform and the
Problem of Poverty
Readings:
Excerpts from Thomas
Carlyle, Past and Present (1843)
Excerpts from Charles
Booth, Life and Labour of the People in London (1902)
Excerpt from William
Booth, In Darkest England and the Way Out (1890)
Joseph Chamberlain
and Frank Harris, "The Housing of the Poor in Towns" from The Radical
Programme (1885)
Manifesto of the Fabian
Society (1884)
Excerpt from Rider
Haggard, Rural England (1902)
Arnstein, pp. 191-209
Movie: How
Green Was My Valley (6PM, Wyatt 101)
Friday,
April 5
Topic of Discussion:
Tariff Reform versus
the People's Budget (Student-led
Discussion)
Readings:
Balance of Payments
and Export of Capital by Quinquennial Averages, 1875 to 1914
Joseph Chamberlain
Initiates the Imperial Preference Campaign at Glasgow (1903)
David Lloyd George
Defends the "People's Budget" (1910)
Arnstein, pp. 213-237
Food
for Thought for Week 10
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by Hugh Dubrulle, 2002
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