DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

Professor of History:

Professor R. M. CRAWFORD, B.A. (Syd.), M.A. (Oxon and Melb.)

Ernest Scott Professor of History:

Professor J. A. LA NAUZE, B.A. (W.A. ), M.A. (Oxon)

ORDINARY DEGREE

( Details for the honours degree are set out at the end of this section. ) Students are advised to watch the notice boards in the department of History.

Croup 2(а)

Majors:

One of

Ancient History I, British History, Modern History A,

followed by

Two of

American History, Australian History, Far Eastern History, Modem History B, Social History, Economic History I.

Social History and Economic History I may not be taken as the third part

of

the major.

For combinations of History with Fine Arts and with Political Science, see pp. 31 and 33.

Sub-majors:

One of

Ancient History I, British History, Modern History A,

followed by

One of

American History, Australian History, Far Eastern History, Modern History B, Social History, Economic History I.

Pre-requisites:

For all History subjects, other than Ancient History I, British History, Modern History A, the pre-requisite is a grade I History subject or two other subjects.

58. ANCIENT HISTORY PART I

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year. Students are required to submit written work during the course.

SYLLАВUs

A study of the origin and development of the ancient civilizations of the Middle and Near East and the Mediterranean. Special attention will be given to three main.

subjects:

(i) The period from Palaeolithic savagery down to the establishment of the settled urban bronze-working societies of the third millenium B.C. This section will includo lectures on archaeological method and interpretation.

(ii) The period from the Bronze Age civilization of Crete down to the Hellenistic

.

Empires. The emphasis here will be upon cultural developments and the organization of government.

( iii) The unification of the Mediterranean world under the government of Rome, together with some treatment of Rome's contacts with the outside world.

BOOKS

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

Bibby,

G.—The Testimony of the Spade. ( Collins.)

Lloyd,

S. Foundations

In

the Dust.

(Pelican.)

Clark, J. D.

G. World Prehistory—an Outline. (C.L . P. )

*Childe, V. G.—What

Happened In History.

(Pelican.)

*Kitto,'H. D.

F.—The Greeks.

(Pelican.)

Bloch,

R.—The Origins of Rome.

(Thames & Hudson.)

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Маttiпglу

, H.—Roman Imperial Civilization. (Arnold & Doubleday Anchor.) Heichelheim, F. M., and Yeo, C.-A History of the Roman People. (Prentice-

Hall.)

( b ) Prescribed textbooks:

Wheeler, R. E. 1.—Archaeology from the Earth. (0.U.P. & Pelican.)

*Clark, J. D. G.—Archaeology and Society. (Methuen.) Jones, A. H. M. Athenian Democracy. (Blackwell.) Hammond, N. G. L.—A History of Greece. (Clarendon.) Scullard, H. H.--From the Gracchi to Nero. (Methuen.) (c) Recommended for reference:

Reading guides will be issued during the year.

EXAMINATION

One or two 3-hour papers; the number to be set will be notified to students during the first term,

59. BRITISH HISTORY

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

The history of England, 1485-1689, with special regard to the period from 1603-1660.

Students are required to submit written work during the course. The Rosemary Merlo Prize for the best essay in the subject will be awarded annually.

BOOKS

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

Bindoff, S. T.—Tudor England. (Penguin.)

Ashl

еу

, M. P.—England in the Seventeenth Century (1603-1714). (Penguin.) ( b ) Prescribed textbooks:

Stephenson, C., and Marcham, F.—Sources of English Constitutional History.

( Harrap. )

Hill, Christopher—The Century of Revolution 1603-1714. (Nelson.) Elton, G. R.-England Under the Tudors. ( Methuen.)

Tanner, J. R.—English Constitutional Conflicts of the Seventeenth Century.

(C.U.P.)

Tawny, R. 1.—Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. (Penguin & Murray.)

Firth, C.—Oliver Cromwell. (World's Classics.)

(c) Guides to reference books will be issued from time to time during the year.

EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.

60. MODERN HISTORY

A

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

A study of the making of early modern Europe and of its expansion into the New World and Asia. Topics studied will include the transformation of feudal society in the late Middle Ages; the maritime discoveries; the rise of Antwerp, Amster- dam and London; the early overseas empires; the relation of Renaissance and Reforma- tion to changes inolitical and social assumptions in Europe

;

the new monarchies, diplomacy

,

and the balan ce of power; the Old Regime.

Students are required to submit written work during the course.

BОOKS

(a) Prescribed for preliminary reading:

Clark, C.—Early Modern Europe from about 1450 to about 1720. ( Home Uni- versity Library.)

Camoens,. Luis Vaz de—The Lusiads. (Penguin.)

( b ) Prescribed textbooks:

(i) General textbooks:

Gibbs, 1.—Feudal Order. ( Schuman. )

Acton, Lord—Lectures in Modern History. ( Collins, Fontana Library. )

Parry, J. H. Europe and a Wider World 1415-1715. ( Hutchinson University Library. )

Heaton, H. Economic History of Europe. ( Harpers. ) (ii) Special Studies:

Dannenfeldt, K. H.—The Renaissance: Medieval or Modern? (Problems in Euro- pean Civilization.) (Heath.)

Allen, J. W.—A History of Political Thought in the Sixteenth Century. (Methuen, University Paperbacks.)

Grimm, H. J.—The Reformation Era 1500-1650. (Macmilan.) (c) Reference books:

Reading guides will be issued during the course.

EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.

63. AMERICAN HISTORY

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.

SYLLABUS

The social and economic history of the United States from the American Revolution to 1941. Little attention will be paid to state political history, and federal political problems will be considered in relation to major questions of social development or national history. Some emphasis will be placed on western expansion, the causes of the Civil War and American foreign policy.

Students will be required to submit written work during the course.

BOOKS

(a) Prescribed for preliminary reading:

Faulkner, H. U.—Economic History of the United States. (Macmillan.) Parkes, H. B.—The American People. ( Еуте & Spottiswoode. )

Nye, R. B., and Morpurgo, J. E. Eistory of the United States. (Pelican.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:

*Morison, S. E., and Commager, H. S.—Growth of the American Republic.

(O.U.P.)

Turner, F. J. The Frontier in American History (Holt.) or Turner, F. J.—Frontier and Section. ( Spectrum Books.)

*Alexander, F.—Moving Frontiers. ( M.U.P. )

*Bogart, E. L., and Kemmerer, D. L.—Economic History of the American People.

(Longmans. )

*Hacker, L. M., and Kendrick, B. B.-The United States since 1865. ( Crofts. ) Bailey. T. A.—Divlomatic History of the United States. ( Crofts.

*Birley, R.—Speeches and Documents in American History, 4 vols. ( O.U.P. ) Killington, R. A.—The Westward Movement in the United States. (Anvil: Van

Nostrand.)

A supplementary reading guide will be issued at the beginning of first term.

EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.

62. AUSTRALIAN HISTORY

A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.

Students are required to submit essays during the course.

SYLLABUS

The history of Australia, 1788-1939. The course will consist of two main sec- tions : a study—largely comparative-of the Australian colonies in the nineteenth cen- tury (with emphasis on the period after 1850), and an examination of selected social and political problems in the Commonwealth period.

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Books

(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:

Crawford, R. 1.—An

Australian Perspective. ( M.U.P.)

Clark, C. M. H.—А

History of Australia,

vol. I. ( M.U.P. ) Hancock, W.

K.-Australia. (

Benn.

)

La Nauze, J.

A.-"The Study of Australian History, 1929-1959." (Reprint

from

Historical Studies, Australia and New Zealand,

separately available

in

Baillieu Library.)

Palmer, E.

V. National Portraits. ( M.U.P. )

Fitzpatrick, B. C.—The

Australian People. (M.U.P. )

kiddie, Margaret—Men

of Yesterday,

A

Social History of the Western District

of

Victuria. (M.U.P.)

(b) Prescribed textbooks:

*Clark, C. M. H. (ed.)

—Select Documents in Australian History.

2 vols., 1788- 1850,1851-1900. (Angus & Robertson. )

*Clark, C. M. H. (ed.

)—Sources of Australian History.

(World's Classics.) Crawford, R. M.—Australia. (Hutchinson.)

Greenwood, G. (ed.

)—Australia—A Social and Political History.

(Angus &

Robertson.)

Shaw, A. G.

L.—The Story of Australia.

(Faber. )

Fitzpatrick, B.

C.—The British Empire In Australia, 1834-1939.

(M.U.P.) Gollan,

R.—Radical and Working Class Politics.

A

Study of Eastern Australia

1850-1910. (M.U.P. )

(c) Reference books:

Reading guides will be issued during the course.

EXAMINATION

One or two 3-hour papers; the number to be set will be notified to students during first term.