MODULE SPECIFICATION
Code: UPHPJC-30-3 Version: 4
Title: The Collapse of Empire and Colonial War: British and French Decolonization,1918 -1965
Level: 3 UWE credit rating: 30 ECTS credit rating: 15
Module type: Standard
Owning Faculty: Social Sciences and Humanities Field: History
Faculty Committee approval: QSC, Chair’s Action Date: 16th July 2009
Approved for Delivery by:
(indicate name of affiliated institution if module will only be delivered by them)
Valid from: September 2008 Discontinued from:
Contributes towards: Awards up to BA(Hons)
Pre-requisites: Any Level 1 History module.
Co-requisites: None
Entry requirements:
(if the module is offered as CPD or stand alone, indicate the entry requirements)
Excluded combinations: None
Learning outcomes:
On successful completion of this module students should be able to demonstrate:
1. familiarity with the major events and themes in British and French imperial history since 1918; (assessed through all components and elements of assessment)
2. an appreciation for the content and significance of key issues and debates in historical literature; (assessed through all components and elements of assessment)
3. that they have acquired the necessary technical and analytical skills enabling them to assess post-colonial issues and events within an historical framework. (assessed through all components and elements of assessment)
Syllabus outline:
The New Imperialism, 1870-1914
Social Darwinism and imperialism
The impact of World War I and Versailles on the British and French empires
The British Empire between the Wars: a survey
The British Empire between the Wars: case studies between the Wars: a survey
The French Empire between the Wars: case studies
Policing the Empire in the inter-war period
The impact of World War II on the British and French Empires
Decolonisation since 1947-1965: a survey
Decolonisation since 1947-1965: case studies
Confrontation and insurgency: decolonisation in Asia
The winds of change: decolonisation in Africa
Teaching and learning methods:
This module consists of a series of weekly lectures and seminars. Each student is given a comprehensive course handbook at the beginning of the year which contains the lecture programme, the seminar series including the required reading for each week, essay topics complete with recommended source material, a writing practice guide, maps, tables and chronologies.
Reading Strategy
UWE libraries at St Matthias and Frenchay have a large and growing stock of relevant books, journals and primary sources. Students will be provided with seminar reading in advance either electronically or in hard copy. The module handbook details the reading for each seminar and contains further sections on key general texts, historiographical texts and more general reading relating to all topics covered in the lectures and seminars. For the literature review, students will use a combination of library stock and journals available through JSTOR.
Indicative Reading List:
R Aldridge |
Greater Overseas France (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1996) |
RF Ansprenger |
The Dissolution of the Colonial Empires (London: Routledge, 1989) |
S Bernstein |
The Republic of de Gaulle (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993) |
R Betts |
Decolonization (London & New York: Routledge, 1998) |
A Clayton |
The Wars of French Decolonization (London: Longman, 1994) |
P J Cain & A J Hopkins |
British Imperialism: Crisis and Deconstruction 1914 – 1990 (London: Longman, 1993) |
J Darwin |
The End of the British Empire (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991) |
J Darwin |
Britain and Decolonisation (Basingstoke: Macmillan Education, 1988) |
J D Hargreaves |
Decolonization in Africa (London: Longman, 1988) |
R F Holland |
European Decolonization 1918 – 1981: An introductory Survey (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1985) |
J-P Rioux |
The Fourth Republic (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987) |
H S Wilson |
African Decolonization (London: Edward Arnold, 1994) |
Assessment
Weighting between components A and B (standard modules only) A: 50% B: 50%
ATTEMPT 1
First Assessment Opportunity
Component A
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Exam (3 hours) 50%
Component B
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Essay (2500 words) 20%
2. Essay (2500 words) 20%
3. Assessed seminar + paper (500 words) 10%
Second Assessment Opportunity (further attendance at taught classes is not required)
Component A
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Exam (3 hours) 50%
Component B
Description of each element Element weighting
1. Essay (2750 words) 25%
2. Essay (2750 words) 25%
SECOND (OR SUBSEQUENT) ATTEMPT: Attendance at taught classes is required.
Specification confirmed by …………………………………………………Date ……………………………
(Associate Dean/Programme Director)