HISTORY

Arts B.A.

HONOURS DEGREE.

AG99 Honours German

Language and

Literature.

second- and third-year subjects may be fulfrtled by taking approved combined ^subjects which include parts of ^these. See Schedules-Degree of B.A. Schedule

III:

The Honours Degree.

During the final ^year, students literature or language. Choice

of

the third term

in

the ^preceding language, together with literature

be chosen in consultation with the Chairman of Department.

In

1984 Honours students may, after consultation with the Chairman, attend a research seminar which is given for Postgraduate students.

Students may obtain the permission of the Faculty of Arts to combine German with another subject for the Honours degree. They should consult the Chairman of Depart- ment as soon as possible, ideally before entering AG87 German IIB, so that a suitably modified coune can be arranged. Where the subjects øken for the Ordinary degree of B.A.

need to be chosen

to

^{ent, a student}

may arraûge with

the

^{so as to avoid}

doing more than nine

External students.

Students unable to attend lectures and tutorials in the History Department

wiltnot

be

allowed to enrol externally except

in

the most exceptional circumstances. There are

several universities

in

Australia which have degree courses designed especially lor external students, and students who are unable to attend lectures and tutorials are strongly advised to apply to them.

FIRS'T YEAR.

The lollowing options will be offered, as staffand enrolments allow:

Hl0l

Eunope rn TnnrsrrroN, I 100-1700.

No pre-requisite subject.

This course

will

examine continuity and change in Western Europe lrom the twelfth to

the seventeenth centuries with emphasis on the general themes

of

renaissance and

relormation.

In first term the renaissance theme will concentrate on cultural and inteìlectual change during the period. Particular attention will be given to the recovery ofthe classical past

and the concepts

ol

hurnanism and individualism. The theme

will

be ^presented as a

comparison

ol

the Renaissance

in

twelfth-century Europe

with the

Renaissance in hfteenth-century ltaly.

In second term the relormation theme

will

study the social attitudes and lunctions of religion

lrom

the twelfth-century relorm movement

to

the Protestant Reformation.

Particular attention will be given to the comparison of institutional with popular religion and the influence on religious ideas and institutions

ol

nationalism, commercial and urban development and lay culture.

There will be a choice of Special subjects in third tenn.

(l)

The European Famil¡,: change and contínuity 1200-1700. In this Special we will consider aspects ofthe family including the position of women, the role of kinship and attitudes towards children. Differences between social groups and the characteristics of the urban family

will

be given special emphasis. (2) Exploration of the new, world. This Special subject will be devoted to the theme ofthe exploration ofthe new world, the expansion olEurope and the opening up of America.

Assessment is based on essays and examinations.

Text-books: Dickens,

A.G.,

The age of humanism and refortnation (Prentice-Hall);

Southern, R. W., The making of rhe Middle Ages (Hutchinson U.P.).

Hl02

Pnonl¡ns n¡¡r PnnsprclvEs lN MoDERN Eunoprln Hrsronv.

This course is structured around nine outstanding books, examples ofthe historian's craft on the one hand, and the perceptions olcontemporaries on the other.

The course ranges lrom the French Revolution ofthe late eighteenth century to the Nazi period ofthe twentieth century. Between these parameters, it embraces such topics as the career

of

Napoleon Bonaparte, the cultu¡e

ol

Victorian England, Bismarck and the unification of Germany, working-class women in Paris, the Great War, and the Russian Revolution.

In addition to the nìne set books, students will be advised about supplementary reading to assisl in tutorial preparation.

The course consists ollectures and tutorials, which are integrated to lorm a complete unit ofstudy. Attendance at both lectures and tutorials is essential ifthe course is to have any meaning to the student.

Assessment is based on tutorial papers, to be submitted at prescribed intervals, and an end-ol-year examination.

Preliminary reading: Hobsbawm, E.J., Age of revolttion (N.A.L.); Rudé, G., Re¡,olu- tionary Europe (Fontana); Thomson, D., Europe since Napoleon ^(Penguin).

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Hl03

Or-o Soclsrr¡s ¡r.¡o NEw Srnr¡s: Rlcn NnrroNs

lNo

Poon NlrroNs rN r.r¡¡

Mo¡¡nw Wonlo.

This is a course about the origins of the modern world.

It concentrates on developments outside Europe and North America, and hence on the c to it, however, is an ex

which are vital to any modem world.

It

is, th

both for students whose prime concern will be with European history and for those who will later seek to specialise in the history ofnon-western societies.

There

ofnon i:

issues

he

implic

of

politìcal response to imperialism including revolutionary nationalism, communism and

"fascism". In the second section ofthe course (term three), you will have the opportunity of making an in-depth study of a particular issue and/or country of your choice.

Throughout the course, emphasis is on a broad understanding of selected historical problems and controversies, rather than on the acquisition ofdetailed knowledge ofthe history of individual societies.

Assessment: tutorial papers, essays, and one examination.

Introductory reading: The most stimulating single book (to which reference will be made lrequently

in

terms

I

and

II) is:

Moore,

8.,

The social origins of dictatorship and

de moc racy (Penguin-Peregrine).

Some students may find it rather hard going at so early a stage in the course, and equally valuable preliminary reading is provided by a selection ofthe lollowing individual and area studies; these are not "set-texts" but simply good books covering some ofthe major themes of this course.

Fanon, F., The

wret

n, E. V. G., The lords of human kind

(Weidenfeld);

introductory history

(,\llen

and,

Unwin); Bianco,

L.,

ion (Stanford U.P.); Reischauer,

8.O.,

Japan:

story ^p.C.,

Africa

in

social change (Penguin); Lewis, D.

These books can either be bought or found and read in the Barr Smith Library.

Hl04

Ausrn¡.lr¿.r.1 Hrsrony.

The course surveys aspects ofAustralian social history since I 788. It examines the origins and development of Australian society and the ideas Australians have held about thèm-

selves,

their

and their

e

^people and

countries

ou

se

will also

^{gh lectures,}

tutorials

and

orical techni

Australia., 4th edition (Hutchinson); Blainey, .P.); McQueen, H., A new Britannia ^(Penguin);

tion ^(O.U.P.).

A

luller reading list and more course information

will

be available at the preliminary lecture.

The subjects offered in frrst year are:

AH01 History IA.

One ofthe first-year options.

AH31 History IB.

Another ofthe first-year options, not already passed or being taken concurrently.

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SECOND YEAR.

The following options will be offered, as staffand enrolments allow.

H704

Tr¡n E¡,¡cr-lsn

R¡voluuoN

l5l'l-1714.

A study ofcultural, social and political change in Tudor and Stuart England, with special attention

to

the causes, course and consequences

of

the mid-seventeenth century revolution.

Introductory reading: Gough, R., The hístory of Myddle, ed. D. Hey (Pelican); Stone, L., The causes of the English revolulion (Routledge).

H705

Russt¡, rN Cnlsrs e¡,¡o R¡vor-utlox: FRoM PETER

ru¡

Gnnnt

to

tun Dners or Srn¡-rN.

This

course

is

concerned

with

those social,

political,

intellectual, economic and diplomatic problems which pressed upon Tsarist Russia and then the Soviet Union ^as that nation attempted to join and then compete in the Westem milieu.

Assessment: two examinations, one long essay and tutorial papers.

Introductory reading: Billington, J.H., The icon and the axe (Weidenfeld and Nicolson);

Blrrm, J., Lord and peasant in Russiafrom the ninth to the nineteenth century (Princeton);

Fainsod,

M.,

How Russ¡¿

is

ruled (Ha*ard); Szamuely,

1.,

The Russian radítion;

Weidlé, W., Russia: Absent and presen¡ (Hollis and Carter).

Text-book: Riasanovsky, N., A history of Russra (O.U.P.).

H708 Mpol¡vel

Eunopn.

An

introduction

to

the history

of

western Europe

with

particular reference

to

the kingdoms ofEngland and ofFrance in the period 1050

to

1450. The first term will be devoted to a general survey ofmedieval European Society, 300 to 1050; the second, to a

study ofEngland and France in the period 1050-1300; the third, to a study ofEngland and France in conflict during the Hundred Years Vy'ar. The method of study is through the great literature ofthe Middle Ages: the epics, romances, biographies, autobiographies, chronicles, letters, and sernons, which are available in English translations.

Proposed assessment: one short essay (20V0), one major essay (30%), one examination (30%), and tutorial ^{papers (20%).}

Introductory reading: Erickson, C., The medieval vision. Essays in history and perception (O.U.P.); Southern, R.W., The making of the Middle lges (Hutchinson); Brown, P., Tle world of late antiquity (Thames and Hudson); Barber,

R.,

The knight and chivalry (Cardinal).

H7 I

I

^{U.S.A.: Cor.owr¡s ro Crv¡L} Wnn 1600-1865.

A

social and political history ofthe United States, concentrating on three themes: the social history ofcolonial America; protest and revolution; slavery, sectionalism and Civil War.

Introductory reading: Blum, Catton,

et al.,

The national experience,3rd edition (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich).

H712

SocrlL .qNo Polrrrc,ql loms srnc¡

ru¡

Snv¡¡,¡rE¡NTH CENTURy.

A study ofconservative, liberal, socialist and feminist traditions ofsocial thought, and of some contemporary ideas in relation to those traditions.

Assessment by essays and an examination.

Introductory reading: Thomson, D., Political ideas (Penguin); Duncan, G. C., Marx and

Mill:

Two views of social conflict and social harmony (C.U.P.); Evans, R., The feminists.

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H713

NnuoNlr-rsn¿

lNo

RevolurroN lN Soursr¡.sr ^Asr¡..

A study

olthe

transformation oftraditional Southeast Asian societies from about 1800 to the present.

A

survey of the history of the region

will

be accompanied by a special examination of Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam.

Introductory reading: Osborne, M., Southeast Asia: An introductory history (Ãllen and Unwin); Jeffrey, R. (ed.),

Asia-The

*-inning of independence (St. Martins); Rickleß, M. C., A history of modern Indonesia (Indiana U.P.); Woodside, A. B., Community and revolutiot't in modern Vietnam (Houghton Mifltin).

H7

15

AEnrcnn Hrsronv.

An entirely new format lor African History will be introduced in 1984. The first term will consist of an introduction to West Alrica by Prolessor Graham Irwin, Director of the Institute

of

African Studies

at

Columbia University, U.S.A. The second term will introduce the history ofSouthem Africa. During the third term students will undertake individual study projects.

Assessment by tutorial ^papers, a research project and one examination.

Introductory reading: Davidson, 8., The AJricans (Longmans); Oliver, R. A. and Atmore,

A.,

The A"ft'ican middle ages (C.U.P.); Oliver, R. A. and Atmore, A., Aft'ica since ]800 (C.U.P.); Robinson, D., and Smith, D., Sources of the African past: Case studies of ftve

n i net ee nt h- c e nt tt ry Afric an s oc ie ti e s (Heinemann).

H7l6

^Fnscrsr,r eNo N¡rloN¡.r- Soct¡r-rstr

A

study ol Hitler's Nazi movement and Mussolini's Fascist movement, and of similar movements elsewhere

in

Europe, from 1918

to

^{1945 The cou¡se}

will

consider the emergerlce ol fascist and national socialist ideologies; the development ol movements contending for power;

the

nature

olthe

regimes; and the transformation of the tnove- ments during the second world war. Special attention will be given to the social implica- tions of these movements, as, lor instance, in assessing the ¡ole of students, women and intellectuals; and to more general interpretations ofthe phenomenon involving, notably, some examination oltypologies olfascism.

Assessmenl: Tutorial papers. project or examination.

Relerence works: Fest,

J

C., Hitler (Weidenfeld and Nicholson); Bracher,

K.D.,

The German dictatorshíp (Weidenfeld and Nichoìson); Sar1i, R., (ed.), The ax w,ithin (New Viewpoints); Carsten,

F.L.,

The rise offascism (Batsford); Woolf, S. J. (ed.), Fascism in Europe (Methuen).

Hl

ll

^Socr¡.1 Hrsrony oF THE UNlrEo S'r¡.rgs rN rsn

NIN¡r¡¡Nrs

nNo TwsNrrsrlr CeNrurr¡s.

A study ofthe impact on the United States olthe shift from ^a traditional agrarian base to a modern industrial and urban society. Emphasis will be placed both on the new social lorms created by the folces olindustrialisation, and on the persistence ofelements ofthe traditional---especialìy local, regional, ethnic, racial and religious identihcation.

Assessment: essays and an examination.

Introductory reading: Degler, C., Out ofour pasl (Harper).

H7

l8

UnsnN Hlsronv.

This course will cover the history olthe growth oftowns, chiefly in Britain and Europe lrom c. 1400 to 1900, dealing particularly with the impact olthe centralised nation state and industrialisation upon urban life. There

will

be some discussion ol the Australian experience later in the course.

The role olcapital cities, especially London and Paris, will be studied in some depth in hrst term, lollowed by an examination of industrialising provincial centres and market towns in the 18th and l9th centuries. This wide range oltowns will ensure that most

ol

the current major problems in urban history are examined.

Problems will be raised in weekly lectures and seminars. More detailed consideration

of

specific cases and examples will be discussed in weekly tutorials. Students will be expected to investigate these specific examples chiefly from the excellent British sources available in the Barr Smith. In third term students

will

apply their ^knowledge and understanding ol the issues raised in the first two terms to a study of a particular town or ^groups of towns in the form ofa research paper.

Text-books: Gerald Burke, Towns ín the making (Amold Paperback); Lewis Mumford, The

city in

history (Penguin); P. Clark, and P. Slack, English towns

in

^transition

1500-1700 (Oxford Paperback); P. Corheld, The impact of English towns 1700-1800 (Oxford Paperback); Asa Briggs, Víctorian cilies (Penguin).

Assessment will be by essays and an examination.

The subjects offered in second year are:

AH02 History IIA.

Pre-requisite: Pass

in AHOl

History

IA

or AH31 History IB or another appropriate subject approved by the Chairman of the Department.

One of the second-year options not already passed or currently ^being taken in another History subject.

^H22 ^{History IIB.}

Pre-requisite: Pass

in

AHOI History

IA

or AH3

I

History IB or another appropriate subject approved by the Chairman olthe Department; and pass or enrolment in AH02 History II (before 1978) or History IIA.

One of the second-year options not already passed or currently being taken in another History subject.

THIRD

YEAR.

The following options will be ofiered, as staffand enrolments allow:

H704

Tue ENcr-lsu

R¡volurrox

l5l7-1714.

H705

^Russrn ru CRrsrs nt.lo R¡volurroN: Fnour PEren rHs Gn¡nr ro

rs¡

D¡Ars or Sr¡.lrw.

H708

^{Meorev¡l Eunopg.}

HTll

U.S.A.: ColoNres ro Crvrl Wen 1600-1865.

Íl'l12

Socral aNo Pollrrc¡.r Iorns Srr.lc¡ rse SEvENT¡¡NIH C¡r.¡tunv.

H'713

NnrloNnr-rsr¡ ,cNo R¡vot-urroN rN SoutH¡¡sr AsrA.

H715

ArnlcnN Hlstonv.

H716

Frscrsr,r ¡No NnrroN¡,r- Socl¡r-rstrl.

H7l7

Soctnl Htsrony oF THE UNlr¡o Sr¡.r¡s rN rus NrNereeNtu lNo TwrNrrsrg C¡Nrunr¡s.

H7l8

Uns¡N Hlsronv.

The subjects offered in third year are:

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Arts B.A.

AH03 History IIIA.

Pre-requisite: Pass in AH02 History IlA,, or ÃH22 History IIB, or, with the Chairman's approval, AC72 Ancient History

ll

or AC73 Ancient History IIL

One ol the options not already passed as AH02 History IIA,, or Ã}l22 History IIB.

The syllabus in each of the options listed for AH03 History IIIA will be similar to that of the corresponding option in AH02 History

llA;

but students taking AH03 History

IIIA

will be required to undertake an additional study relating to the material ofthe option.

AHl3 History IIIB.

Pre-requisite: Pass in AH02 History IlA, or AH22 History IIB and enrolment or pass in AH03 History IIIA.

One olthe options not already passed as AH02 History IIA or Ã}ì22 History IIB or AH03 History IIIA.

The syllabus in each of the options listed for

AHl3

History IIIB will be similar to that

ol

the corresponding option in AH02 History IIA; but students taking

AHl3

History IIIB will be required to undertake an additional study relatìng to the material olthe option.

Practical History Workshop.

An introduction to the skills ofhistorical research and writing, intended particularly for prospective history honours students, final honours ^students and postgraduates. There will be weekly lecture/discussions. Demonstrations

will

be provided, and students may be required to undertake some practical exercises.

No assessment.

Introductory reading: J. Barzun and Henry F. Graff, The modern researcher,3rd edition (Harcourt); G. R. Elton, Tlrc practice of h¡s¡ory (Sydney U.P.); E. H. Carr, What is history?

(Penguin).

HONOURS DEGREE.

A student who wishes to enrol for the Honours degree in History must:

(a) have passed in AH03 History

IIIA

and two other subjects in history; and

(b) have ¡eached a standa¡d satisfactory to the Cbairman of the Department of History in the hrst three years olstudy. (A student who has passed at Credit standard in at least

two subjects including one

in

history

will

generally be deemed to have reached this standard.)

Students who wish

to

be admitted

to

Honours should consult the Chairman

ol

the Department of History.

AH99 Honours History.

Honours work includes the writing of a thesis, a common course, and a special subject.

Students may choose their special subject from a list published

in

the departmental handbook.