Syllabus (HISTORY)

Course Type: MAJ-13

Semester: 7

Course Code: BHISMAJ13T

Course Title: History of Modern Europe: c.1789-1945

(L-P-Tu): 5-0-1

Credit: 6

Practical/Theory: Theory

Course Objective: X

Learning Outcome: X

Paper-XIII

7th SEMESTER

BHISMT 703

History of Modern Europe: c.1789-1945

UNIT- I: Rise of New Nationalism in Europe:

I. Revolutionary Transition in France: 1789-1804

II. Counter Revolution in France: Age of Napoleon and spread of French

III. Downfall of Napoleon and Age of Reactionism, Congress of Vienna

1. Restoration of Old Order and Revolutions: 1815- 1848-15 classes

UNIT- II: Rise of New nations

I. Repression of Liberalism in Central Europe, Spain, Portugal & Russia.

II. Unification of Germany under Prussia.

III. Unification of Italy.

2. Russia & Problems of Eastern Nationalities.- 15 classes

UNIT- III: Capitalist Industrialization & Socio Economic Transformation

I. Process of Capitalist development in Industry & Agriculture: Case studies of

Britain, France, Germany and Russia.

II. New Social Classes: Bourgeoisie, Proletariat and Peasantry

III. The New Capitalism & growth of Socialism.

3. International Competition: Imperialism -15classes

UNIT –IV: International Relations: New Era & the Concept of Balance of Power

I. Germany: Balance of Power- Congress of Berlin, Creation of Alliance

II. The Crumbling Ottoman Empire : Rise of New Nationalist

III. Third French Republic: its Problems and Foreign affairs, creation of Entente and Britain from Moderation to militancy.

4. Communism in Russia: The Bolshevik Revolution -15 classes

UNIT- V: Road to First World War and New World Order

I. Imperialist disputes and clashes

II. Circumstances leading to First World War

III. Break-up of European monopoly (intervention of USA & Japan)

5. Peace Conference of Paris & New world Order- 15 classes

Suggested Readings:

Aldrich, Robert Greater France: A History of French Overseas Expansion

Anderson, M.S The Ascendancy of Europe: 1815-1914 (3rd Ed. 2003)

Bartlett. C.J. Peace, War and the European Powers, 1814-1914 (1996) brief overview 216pp

Blanning, T.C .W Ed. The Nineteenth Century: Europe 1789-1914 (Short Oxford History of Europe) (2000)

Bridge, F.R & Roger bullen. The Great Powers and the European States System

1814-1914, 2nd Ed. (2005)

Brunn, Geoffery, Europe and the French Imperium, 1799-1814 (1938)

Bury. J.P.T Ed. The new Cambridge Modern History: Vol. 10: The Zenith of

European Power 1830-70 (1964)

Cameron, Rondo France and the Economics Development of Europe, 1800-1914:

Conquest of Peace and Seeds of War (1961), a wide –ranging economic and business History.

Crawley, C.W Ed. The New Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 14: Altas (1972)

Evans, Richard j The Pursuit of power Europe 1815-1914 (2015)

Gildea, Robert Barricades and Boders: europe 1800-1914 (3rd Ed. 2003)

Gooch, G.P History of modern Europe 1878-1919 (1923)

Grab, Alexander Napolean and the Transformation of Europe (2003)

Grant & Temperley: Europe in the Ninteenth and twentieth century’s.

Hayes C.J.H. A political and Cultural History of Europe, 1830-1839

Herring, George C Years of Peril and Ambition U.S foreign Relations, 1776-1921 (2017)

Hinsley F.H Ed the New Cambridge modern History Vol. 11 Material Progress and

ldrich, Robert Greater France: A history of French Overseas Expansion Anderson, M.S The Ascendancy of Europe: 1815-1914 (3rd Ed. 2003)

Bartlett. C.J. Peace, War and the European Powers, 1814-1914 (1996) brief overview 216pp

Blanning, T.C .W Ed. The Nineteenth Century: Europe 1789-1914 (Short Oxford

History of Europe) (2000)

Bridge, F.R & Roger bullen. The Great Powers and the European States System

1814-1914, 2nd Ed. (2005)

Brunn, Geoffery, Europe and the French Imperium, 1799-1814 (1938)

Bury. J.P.T Ed. The new Cambridge Modern History: Vol. 10: The Zenith of

European Power 1830-70 (1964)

Cameron, Rondo France and the Economics Development of Europe, 1800-1914:

Conquest of Peace and Seeds of War (1961), a wide –ranging economic and business History.

Crawley, C.W Ed. The New Cambridge Modern History, Vol. 14: Altas (1972) Evans, Richard j The Pursuit of power Europe 1815-1914 (2015)

Gildea, Robert Barricades and Boders: europe 1800-1914 (3rd Ed. 2003)

Gooch, G.P History of modern Europe 1878-1919 (1923)

Grab, Alexander Napolean and the Transformation of Europe (2003)

Grant & Temperley: Europe in the Ninteenth and twentieth century’s.

Hayes C.J.H. A political and Cultural History of Europe, 1830-1839.

Herring, George C Years of Peril and Ambition U.S foreign Relations. 1776-1921 (2017)

Hinsley F.H Ed the New Cambridge modern History Vol. 11 Material Progress and

World Wide Problems 1870-1898 (1979)

Kennedy, Paul The Rise and Fall of the Great powers Economic Change and

Military Conflict from 1500-2000 (1987), stress on economic and military factors

Ketelbey, C.D.M A history of Modern Times (English or Hindi)

Langer, William European Alliances and Alignments 1870-1890 (1950) Advanced history

Langer, William The Diplomacy of Imperialism 1890-1902 (1950) advanced History

Lipson Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth centuries

Mason, David S A Concise History of Modern Europe, Liberty, Equality, Solidarity (2011). Since 1700

Merriman, John and J.M Winter eds. Europe 1789-1914. Encyclopedia of the Age of Industry and Empire (5 vol. 2005)

Mowat, RB: A History of European Diplomacy 1815-1914 (1922)

New Cambridge modern History (13 vol 1957-79), old but thorough coverage, mostly of Europe, strong on Diplomacy

Osterhammel, Jurgen: The transformation of the world: A Global History of the nineteenth Century (2015)

Porter, Andrew Ed.: The Oxford History of the British Empire Volume III: The

Nineteenth century (2001)

Saimi Hannu: 19th Century Europe A cultural History (2008)

Sontag, Raymond European Diplomatic history: 1871-1932 (1933) Basic Summary 425pp

Steinberg, Jonathan: Bismarck A Life (2011)

Taylor AJP: The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848-1918 (1954) 638 pp- advanced history and analysis of major diplomacy

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