This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0811, for the full module description.

Please be aware...

Protest and Policing in Modern Britain, c.1715-1958 (HIST0814)

This module is for half-year affiliate students only. Please see the 30-credit full-year version, HIST0811, for the full module description.
Please be aware that you will only be covering half of the module content described in the full module description (content covered in Term 1 or Term 2, depending on your time with us).
If you require any further information, please contact the History Taught Programmes Team.

British and English History|Modern History

In this module we explore the theme of popular protest in modern Britain from the Riot Act (1715) to the Notting Hill Race Riots (1958). In Term 1, we analyse...

Protest and Policing in Modern Britain, c.1715-1958 (HIST0811)

In this module we explore the theme of popular protest in modern Britain from the Riot Act (1715) to the Notting Hill Race Riots (1958). In Term 1, we analyse the manifold causes of ‘riot’ during a period of industrialisation, democratisation, warfare, and imperialism. We consider the extent to which the ‘crowd’ in Britain was an agent of historical change and whether there was an appreciable modernisation of protest over the ‘long’ nineteenth century. In Term 2, we turn our attention to the machinery of the state. We analyse how protest was contained and how British protestors fared against the forces of order. Here we critically assess the theory of ‘social control’ and we trace the development of policing and penal justice. Throughout the course there is an emphasis on source analysis and student-led research. Students are taught the techniques of ‘history from below’ and are encouraged to engage with primary source material via both digital repositories and archival centres.

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