A course . of lectures and tutorial classes throughout the Year.
SYLLAвus. The foundation of Australia. The history of Australia from 1787-1939.
Students are required to submit essays during the course. Country students must enrol at the commencement of the academic year and will receive informa- tivn and advice about essay work.
Воокs. (a) Recommended for preliminary . reading:
Crawford (ed.) --Gursetves and the . Pacific. (le1b. U.P. ) Scott---Short History of Australia. (O.U.P.)
Palmer—National Portraits. (Melb. UP.)
Shaw—The Economic Development of Australia. (Longnmans.) (b) Prescribed text-books:
B. Fitzpatrick—British Imperialism and Australia, 1783--1833. (Allen and Unwin.) O.P.
*В. Fitzpatrick—The British Empire in Australia, 1831-1939. (leIb. U.P.) Shann--Economic History of Australia. (C.U.P.)
Roberts—The Squsatting Age. (Melb. U.P.) Q.Р.
*O'Brien.--The Foundation of Australia (1786-1800) — A Study in Penal Colonisation. (Sheed & Ward.)
*Wood---Тhe Constitгctional Development of Australia. (Harrap.)
*Wakefield---A Letter from Sydney, .etc. (Everyman.)
*C. M. H. Clark---Select Docuiiiicnts in A гstralian History, 1788-1850. (Angus and Robertson.)
*K. Fitzpatrick---Sir John Franklin in Tasnusnia, 1837-1843. (leIb. U.P.) (c) Recommended for reference:
Historical Studies : Aіustralia and New Zealand. (Melb. U.P.) Cambridge History of the British Empire, Vol. VII, Parts I and 1I.
Historical Records a; Australia.
Сoghlaп—Lаbоггr and гпďustry in Australia.
Murtagh---Australia:
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'he Catholic Chapter. (Sheеd and Ward.)Melbourne—Early Constitutional Development in Australia : New South Wales, 1788-1856.
Roberts—History of Australian Land Settlement. (lelb. U.Р.) (O.P. ) Мaдgwiсk----Imтigration into Eastern Australia. (Longmans.)
C. H. G. Grattan (ed.) —Australia. (Univ. of California Press.) EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
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ANCIENT і i fJ т LI АУ PART АT .L
A course of two lectures per week for the first two terms, with tutorial classes throughout the Year.
SYLLAВus. A general view of the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean and of the Near and Middle East from prehistoric times to the fourth century of our era. For the purpose of acquiring this general view,
(a) the following book should be read before taking the course:
Breasted---A Brief History of Ancient 7'iines. (Ginn) ;
(b) the following prescribed text-books should be read, and used for reference during the course :
*Trever—LIistory of Ancient Civilizations, vol. I. (Harrap.)
*Cary—History of Rome dawyn to the Reign of Constantine. (Macmillan.) It is not, however, intended that students should know all parts of the period covered by Trever and Cary in detail. Particular attention will be paid in lectures to the history of Greece (Hellenic History) down to the end of the fifth century (covered by Trever, vol. I, parts 3 to 7), and to the history of the Roman Empire (covered by Cary, ohs. XXX to XLIV) , especially to social and economic develop- ments during the latter period. Outside these two periods, students will not be expected to have more than a general knowledge of the main tendencies of the periods and characteristics of the societies concerned. Students will also study, as documentary evidence, some part of the History of Herodotus. This work will be done in tutorial classes, and the prescribed text will be :
*Herodotus (Everyman, Nos. 405-6). `
Also prescribed for use in lectures and tutorials : ...
*Plutarch—Lives. (Everyman, Nos. 407-9) . r
y All students are required to submit written work during the töцrse. Country students must enrol at the beginning of the Academic Year and may receive..:: information and advice about essay work.
Books of reference other than prescribed texts :
The Cambridge Ancient History, Vols. IV and V. (C.U.P.) Rostovzev---Sacial and Eсonomiс History of the Roman Empire.
(c) Recommended for general reading:
Childe—Мan Makes Hżmsel f . (Watts.)
Rostovгev—History of the Ancient World, vols. I and II. (O.U.P. ) Thomson—A esch ylгтs and Athens. (Lawrence and Wishart.) Botsford and Sihler—Hellenic Civiliration. (Columbia U.Р.) Grenier—The Roman Spirit. (Paul.)
Gardner—The Art of Greece. (Studio.) Tarn—Hellenistic Civilization. (Arnold.)
(d) Students should own a reference book such as the Oxford Companion to Classical Literature ; and should consult also the Cambridge Ancient History, Peet's Comparative Study of the Literatures of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Palestine, and other works referred to in lectures.
EXAMINATION. Two 3-hour papers.
SOCIAL HISTDRY
A course of lectures and tutorial classes throughout the second year. No external enrolments are accepted in this subject.
SYLLAЕvs. This subject will provide a historical introduction to social prob- lems and policies, particularly in English-speaking countries. It will be concerned With the development of social problems and of various policies intended to deal with them, with the process of embodying policy in legislation and administration, and with the effects of that process on the individual members of the community.
Roок s. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
G. M. Trevelyan---English Social History. (Longmans.)
G. D. H. Cole and R. Postgate--The Commnon People. (Methuen.')
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(b) Recommended for reference:
Daniel Def ae--Tour Through England and Woks. (Everyman, No. 821.) William Cоbbett- -Rural Rides. (Everyman, No. 638.)
M. D. George—English Social Life in the Eighteenth Century. I ilrust; ated f rom Contemnporary Sources. (Sheldon Press.)
S. & B. Webb—History of Trade Unionism. (Longmans.) І3аlévу—A History of the English People in .1815. (Penguin.) j . L. and P,. Натmопд-Тhe Village Labourer. (Longmans.) The Town Labourer. (Longmans.) Lord Sha f tesbury. (Longmans.) The Bleak Age. (Penguin.) Turbervillе (Ed.)—Tоhпsou's England. 2 vols. (0.U.P.) Samuel Smiles—Lives of the Engnwers. (Murray.)
Dorothy Marshall--The English Poor in the C. 18th: a Stu dy in Social and Administrative History. (Routledge.)
Ivy Pinchbeck—Women Workers and the I ndгustriаl Revolution. (Rout- ledge.)
G. M. Young (Ed.)—Early Victorian England, 1830-65. 2 vols. (О.Ц.Р.) M. C. Ruer---Health, Wealth and Population in the Early Dа1s of the Indus-
trial Revo l urtion. (Routledge.)
H. M. Lynd----England ъ the 1880's: Towards a So cżal Basis for Freеd о n.
(G.U.P.)
G. A. N. Lowndes---T1ie Silent Social Revolution. (O.U.P.) S. and В. Webb—Break-up of the Poor Law. (Longmans.)
Methods of Social Study. (Longmans.) Howard---Stпte of the Prisons. (Everynian.)
M. D. George—London Life in the 18th Century. (Kegan Paul.) В. Webb—My А p prеnticeshі . 2 vols. (Penguin.)
Н. Вosanquеt—Social Work in London, 1869-1912. (Murray.) . J. C. Drummond and A. Wilbraham—The Englishiisun s Food. (Jonathan
Cape.)
Karl de SchweiWitz--Englaнd's Road to Social Security. (Univ. of Petinsyl- vania.)
Bland, Brown and Tawney—English Economic History; Select Documents.
(Bell.)
EXAMlNATION. Two 3-hour papers.
(b) ECІN І MICS EC І NO М ICS PART
IA course of two lectures and one tutorial class per week throughout the Year.
Economic Geography Part I must be taken prior to or concurrently with this subject.
SyLLAвus. Theory of Choice as applied to consumers, workers and entre- preneurs ; markets and prices, including remuneration of the factors of production:
money and banking, the general price level and the rate of interest ; size and of national income, and classical theories of production and distri- bution ; international trade, comparative costs, balance of payments and foreign exchanges.
Students are required to prepare class exercises and essays, as set by the Lecturer.
Вaoкs. (a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Henderson--Supply and Demand. (C.U.P.) Pigou--Income. (Macmillan.)
(b) Prescribed text-books :
*Вenham---Econornics. (Pitman.)
or Cairneross--Introduction to Economics. (Butterworth.)
or Gifford---Econommmics for Commerce, 2nd cd. (Univ. of Queensland.)
*Gray—The Develo pent of Economic Doctrine. (Longmans.)
*Hicks—Тhe Sосial Framework. (Oxford.)
Copland—The Australiann Economy. (Angus & Robertson, latest ed.) . Tew—Work and Welfare in Australia. (Melb.U.P.)
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LECTURE SYLI,AВus. An extended Syllabus of the course is available for issue to students. This shows the course in detail and contains references for further reading, both general and on special topics. A charge of 10/- for these notes is made and is payable with the lecture fees of the first term.
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.