Historical Interpretations of the Industrial Revolution in Britain

FAIN: FV-50134-07

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (North Dartmouth, MA 02747-2356)
Gerard M. Koot (Project Director: March 2007 to July 2009)

A five-week summer seminar in Nottingham, England for fifteen school teachers to study and interpret the experience of industrialization in Britain between 1750 and 1850.

This five week summer seminar for school teachers will use comtemporary sources, both text and images, major historical interpretations, and four day-long and one three-day visits to museums, historical and archeological sites, and the built environment in the Midlands and the North of England to study and interpret the experience of industrialization between c. 1700 and 1850 in Britain. The seminar will be held at Rutland Hall, the University of Nottingham from June 29 to August 1, 2008.