Tekstsamlinger og l?reb?ker
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 1. og 2. bind, 8. utg., 2000.
John Oakland: British Civilization: An Introduction , 6. el. 5. utg., London, 2002.
John Oakland: Contemporary Britain: A Survey with Texts , 2001.
ENG1505 British Civilisation Texts (tekstsamling av fotokopiert materiale, f?s kj?pt p? kopiutsalget i Akademika).
Jan Erik Mustad & Ulla Rahbek (eds.): A Short Introduction to the History of the United Kingdom, 2006. Fagbokforlaget.
Eller,
Jeremy Black: A History of the British Isles, 2005 (1997). Palgrave Macmillan.
(Undervisningen vil bli lagt opp etter Mustad & Rahbek)
Oakland, British Civilization: An Introduction og Black/Mustad&Rahbek leses i sin helhet. Fra samlingen Contemporary Britain leses et utvalg tekster som vil bli spesifisert.
Fra Norton-antologien: (8. utg.)
Vol. I:
- Introduksjons- og oversiktsavsnittene s. 485-511, 1235-1257 og 2057-2080.
- Queen Elizabeth I, "Speech to the Troops at Tilbury", s. 699-700.
- Samuel Pepys, Diary: "The Great Fire", s. 2134-2137.
- Richard Steele, "The Spectator's Club", s. 2470.
- Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language: "Preface", s. 2749.
Vol. II:
- Introduksjonsavsnittet s. 979-999.
- Victorian Issues: "Industrialism" og "The Woman Question", hhv. s. 1556->, og 1581-> (tekstene spesifiseres p? gruppeundervisningen).
Fotokopiert materiale (utdeles):
- John Evelyn, Diary 2-16 September 1666
Bakgrunnslitteratur
- Christopher Haigh (red.), The Cambridge Historical Encyclopedia of Great Britain and Ireland (paperback-utg. 1990). Spesielt kap. 5, 6 og 7.
- Britiske dags- og s?ndagsaviser:The Independent, The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Sunday Telegraph
Til supplering og oppslag
- Anthony H. Birch, The British System of Government (1998).
- Vernon Bogdanor, Devolution in the United Kingdom (2001).
- Asa Briggs, A Social History of England (1983).
- Linda Colley, Britons: Forging the Nation, 1707-1837 (1992).
- Eric J. Evans, The Forging of the Modern State. Early Industrial Britain 1783-1870 (1994).
- Robert Garner and R.N. Kelly, British Political Parties Today (1993).
- Bamber Gascoigne, Encyclopedia of Britain The A-Z of Britain's Past and Present (1993)
- John Oakland, A Dictionary of British Institutions: A Student Guide (1993).
- Frank O'Gorman, The Long Eighteenth Century. British Political & Social History 1688-1832 (1997).
- Martin Pugh, Britain since 1789: A Concise History (1999).'
- Keith Robbins, Great Britain. Identities, Institutions and the Idea of Britishness (1998).
- Keith Robbins, The Eclipse of a Great Power. Modern Britain 1870-1992 (1996).
- David L. Smith, A History of the Modern British Isles 1603-1707. The Double Crown (1998).
- Norman Wilding and Philip Laundy, An Encyclop?dia of Parliament (1972).
- The Times London History Atlas
- Britain: The Official Yearbook of the United Kingdom
- Whitaker's Almanack