Undergraduate Course: Youth and Modernity, c.1880-1970 (ECSH10070)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course examines the ways in which the concepts of youth and childhood, shaped by romanticism and the Enlightenment, were interpreted and experienced in the nineteenth century. The course focuses primarily on Britain but also explores the wider global contexts of empire and migration; the British experience is compared and contrasted with that of other locations. Claims that the idea of childhood has been crucial to modern concepts of identity, sexuality and selfhood will be investigated. |
| Course description |
Although a significant proportion of the western population has consisted of those under 21, the study of childhood and youth has often been regarded as a marginal area of social history. Over the last 20 years, however, historians have produced a wealth of research which demonstrates that the idea of childhood was crucial to the development of modern welfare states and to modern concepts of identity, sexuality and selfhood. The contributions of young people have come to be viewed as integral to the study of western economies. Furthermore, children and young people have been reclaimed as historical actors and even agents of change. Topics covered nclude the ¿discovery¿ of childhood; autobiography and memory; child poverty, child-saving and ¿juvenile delinquency¿; school, family, work and migration; debates relating to child marriage in India and the age of consent. We will consider, throughout, the ways in which ideas about class, gender, ¿race¿ and age have structured adult interventions and youthful experience. The role of the law, medicine, religion and education will be explored throughout. We will also assess the problem of ¿finding¿ the ¿real¿ child in the archive because his/her traces are so often transitory. Extensive use will be made of a wide variety of primary sources (visual and textual) including fiction, autobiographies, newspapers and magazines.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | A pass or passes in 40 credits of first level historical courses or equivalent and a pass or passes in 40 credits of second level historical courses or equivalent.
Before enrolling students on this course, PTs are asked to contact the History Honours Administrator to ensure that a place is available (Tel: 503780). |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 History courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. Applicants should note that, as with other popular courses, meeting the minimum does NOT guarantee admission.
** as numbers are limited, visiting students should contact the Visiting Student Office directly for admission to this course **
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| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 25 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
172 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
75 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One assessed assignment which will count as 25% of the final mark for the course.
One two hour exam which will count as 75% of the final mark for the course.
Visiting Student Variant Assessment
One assessed assignment which will count as 25% of the final mark for the course.
One take home exam which will count as 75% of the final mark for the course.
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| Feedback |
Students will receive written feedback on their coursework, and will have the opportunity to discuss that feedback further with the Course Organiser during their published office hours or by appointment. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, command of the body of knowledge considered in the course.
- Demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to read, analyse and reflect critically upon relevant scholarship.
- Demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to understand, evaluate and utilise a variety of primary source material.
- Demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, the ability to develop and sustain scholarly arguments in oral and written form, by formulating appropriate questions and utilising relevant evidence.
- Demonstrate independence of mind and initiative; intellectual integrity and maturity; an ability to evaluate the work of others, including peers.
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Reading List
¿ Bristow, J. (1991) Empire Boys: Adventures in a Man¿s World. Routledge.
¿ Buettner, E. (2004) Empire Families. Britons and Late Imperial India. Oxford UP.
¿ Cunningham, H. (2005) Children and Childhood in Western Society. Longman.
¿ Maynes, M.J, B. Soland and C. Benninghaus (eds)(2005) Secret Gardens, Satanic Mills. Placing Girls in European History, 1750-1960. Indiana UP.
¿ Fletcher, A. (2008) Growing Up in England. The Experience of Childhood. Yale University Press.
¿ Gillis, J.R. (1981) Youth and History. Academic Press.
¿ Lawrence, J. and P. Starkey (eds)(2001) Child Welfare and Social Action in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. International Perspectives. Liverpool UP.
¿ Mitchell, S. (1995) The New Girl. Girl¿s Culture in England, 1880-1915. Columbia University Press.
¿ Rahikainen, M. (2004) Centuries of Child Labour: European Experiences from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century. Ashgate.
¿ Shore, H. (1999) Artful Dodgers. Youth and Crime in Early Nineteenth-Century London. Boydell & Brewer.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Youth and Modernity 1880 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Louise Jackson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3837
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Rosie Filipiak
Tel: (0131 6)50 3843
Email: |
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