DanaC |
08-10-2007 04:36 PM |
Next semester...
I just realised, the Summer break is over halfway through. I'm really looking forward to being back at Uni, I miss having that structure to my week. But that's not why I'm posting:P
I was checking through the module notes for the modules I am starting in Sept. It's got me all fired up and eager to start. I'm quite excited about the topics covered, and the room there'll be for independant research.
[history nerd] How cool does this sound? This is one of three modules which span the first semester:
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Fraternity, Skill and the Politics of Labour, 1660-1870
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Syllabus
Introduction; the history of work and the culture of the workplace; wage earners' organisations in medieval and early modern England; fraternity in the long eighteenth century Britain - gilds, freemasonry and friendly societies; property in skill and gender relations in the age of manufactures; labour and unrest circa 1789-1824; State regulation of fraternal organisations; the idea of general unionism; industrialisation, trade unionism and class; the strike wave of 1842; case studies (e.g. ceramics, iron and coal miners; engineers; cotton; woollens and worsted; the Sheffield metal trades; 'the Tolpuddle Martyrs'); trade unionism and social stability.
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[edit] actually, I should have put this in the What's making you happy thread. Oh well. I'm a little inebriated and quite excited about the stuff I'll be getting into next month :)
What is there coming up in your life that you feel excited about? (I realise that I've just laid down a double entendre minefield)
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