Dr. Karl Ittmann Department of History University of Houston
Graduate Classes Past Fall 2008 Courses	My teaching and research reflects my primary interest in modern British history. My first book, Work, Gender and Family in Victorian England, examined the nature of working-class family life in the northern English industrial town of Bradford, West Yorkshire from 1840-1900. I recently completed a book manuscript on the population question in the British Empire from 1890-1973. In addition, I am principal editor of a collection of essays on demography and the colonial state in Africa. My new research looks at the role of oil in the British Empire in the 20^th century. My work in family history led to the development of History 3351 Work and Family in Modern Europe, which I team teach with Dr. Sarah Fishman, a modern French historian. As a result of my current research, I have taken a greater interest in the British Empire and imperialism, which in turn led me to offer my own version of History 3380, World Civilization Since 1500. In addition I teach the history of England since 1689 (History 3354) and the second half of the Western Civilization survey (History 2353). Recent courses include History 4395 a seminar on the biological and environmental history of humans and History 3355 a history of the British Empire 1500-2000 and a graduate course on post-colonial history.  If you have any questions or comments, please email me at Kittmann@.uh.edu	Bradford, West Yorkshire in the 19th Century East India Company Docks Early 19th century Europe After the Congress of Vienna 1815