PPT-Politics and Culture in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Lecture 1 The eighteenth century an introduction Class Thomas Gainsborough Mr and Mrs Andrews c1750 aristocracy landed gentry and an aspirant middle class a culture of deference. New aesthetic and stylistic values. Rejection . of concentration on single affects: . . “The rapidity with which the emotions change is common knowledge, for they are nothing but motion and restlessness. . . . The musician must therefore play a thousand different roles; he must assume a thousand characters as dictated by the composer.” (Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg (. Lecture 4: Gulliver. ’. s Travels and the politics of corruption . Structure of the lecture. The Scriblerians. Party politics. Why historians have termed this an . ‘. age of oligarchy. ’. Gulliver. 1111 2222 ! . In . the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries, local women’s groups funded the preservation and restoration of many historic sites. For example, sites like Independence Hall, Mount Vernon, and the Betsy Ross House were preserved by local women. This house was preserved by one such group, led by Frances Anne Wister.  During this tour, you will discover the story behind Frances Wister and the impact of women in historic preservation. Wister led the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks (today, PhilaLandmarks) in preserving and restoring the Powel House for the city of Philadelphia. Building and Staging Politics: Livy and Augustus. Kennedy’s ‘. Augustan and Anti-Augustan…. ’. What . are the problems associated with discussing the ‘. politics. ’ of ancient literature. Introduction. Prepared by Dr. Hend Hamed. Assistant professor of English . literatre. . The long eighteenth century. The long eighteenth century was bracketed by two major upheavals in European history: . Lecture 2: the crowd and the mob. Newspaper accounts of the riots of August 2011. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8690251/London-riots-Guerrilla-warfare-erupts-as-no-one-knows-where-mob-will-strike-next.html. Historian’s Toolkit . Block . 1: . 1979 and all that. Questions. What happens to the question of 1979 as a turning point if we think about the politics of identity?. Can we trace this history through analysis of popular culture, and here in particular music? And does the emergence of punk in the late 1970s represent a crisis and turning point in this regard?. bon. It has around 19 thousand inhabitants and has expanded along Tagus river banks. Since early, communities have established themselves on this local, once there were found many traces from differ institution in anyprevious yearNoTesting PlanNo I prefer to apply test optional 1 An early phasebased on ritual and magic2 A rational phasebased on the creative imagination3 A modern phasebased on experimental design and laboratory investigation Thre Year 8 - Britain’ s place in the World. How did Britain help shape the world we live in and how did the world shape Britain?. Why did the British Build and Empire?. The Empire Builder. What was their role?. Table of Contents. Introduction: Capturing Web 2.0 Before its Disappearance. Psychopathology of Information Overload . Facebook, Anonymity and the Crisis of the Multiple Self . Treatise on Comment Culture . A Level Politics. It aims to:. Provide you with a ‘balanced education in politics’, and ‘understanding of the nature of politics, and an understanding in the context of the Untied Kingdom, including its local, national and European...