Module Information
Module Identifier
IPM0730
Module Title
HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY 1900-1945 (S)
Academic Year
2010/2011
Co-ordinator
Semester
Intended for use in future years
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 22 Hours. 1 x 2 hour seminar per week |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | 1 x 3000 word essay | 40% |
| Semester Assessment | x 4000 word essay | 60% |
| Supplementary Exam | Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Academic Administrator in the Department of International Politics. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
By the end of this course students will:
- have been introduced to the way in which general issues of philosophy and method relate to the specific context of International History
- have appropriate training in the use of a broad range of historical source materials
- have practised the necessary skills to make critical use of them;
- demonstrate detailed knowledge of the more significant historiographical debates of the period;
- be able to account for fluctuations in historical interpretation over time; and
- be able to demonstrate a familiarity with different schools of historical thought.
Brief description
The module examines some of the key historiographical debates about the first half of the twentieth century, and looks in depth at some of the sources that have been central to these debates.
Aims
The main aim of this module is to provide specialised training in historiographical trends, and in the use of historical sources. It examines the relationship between the historian and the writing of history by concentrating upon some of the most contentious historiographical debates of the first half of the twentieth century. While each of the seminars is self-standing, common themes will emerge in each: the impact of total war upon the course of twentieth century history; the role of historical sources and the meaning of historical 'facts'; the relationship between the international and the national; the role of structure and the impact of the individual in history; and finally, the relevance of looking at history from above and below.
The course aims to provide specialised training in the critical use of various kinds of historical source materials. These will be broadly conceived and will include: archival sources; memoir literature; oral history and transcripts; film, literature, and other media; and quantitative social and economic data.
The course aims to provide specialised training in the critical use of various kinds of historical source materials. These will be broadly conceived and will include: archival sources; memoir literature; oral history and transcripts; film, literature, and other media; and quantitative social and economic data.
Content
The course begins with a discussion of generic issues in the philosophy of history, and of how these issues impinge on the study of international history specifically. Thereafter, it reviews a number of critical debates, including the origins of WWI, appeasement, Nazi foreign policy, and the holocaust. Topics are discussed in pairs, and in the second of each pair the focus is upon a set of sources relevant to that topic.
Transferable skills
Throughout the course, students will practice and enhance their reading, comprehension and thinking skills, as well as self-management skills. In seminars, students will enhance listening, explaining and debating skills, as well as oral presentational skills. Essay writing will encourage students to practice independent research skills, including data collection and retrieval, writing, IT and time management. The examination tests these skills under time constraint conditions.
15 ECTS Credits
15 ECTS Credits
Reading List
General TextC Elman and MF Elman (Eds) (2001) Bridges and Boundaries: Historians, Political Scientists and The Study of International Relations Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press Primo search P Finney (ed) (1997) The Origins of the Second World War London: Arnold Primo search Sally Marks (2002) The Ebbing of European Ascendancy: An International History of the World 1914-45 London: Arnold Primo search Recommended Text
Kennedy, Paul M. Realities Behind Diplomacy Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Fontana Primo search Parker, R.A.C. Chamberlain and Appeasement Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Macmillan Primo search Parker, R.A.C. Churchill and Appeasement Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War edition n.e. Papermac Primo search Templewood, Samuel J. Nine Troubled Years Documentary Sources on Appeasement Greenwood Press,London Primo search 41821 Documentary Sources and the Origins of the First World War Batsford Primo search Churchill Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World WarD C Watt 'Churchill and appeasement' Oxf.U.P. Primo search Germany and the Second World War Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World WarVol 1 The Build-up of German Aggression, W Deist et al Oxf.U.P. Primo search Supplementary Text
Andrew, Christopher M. Missing Dimension Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World WarW K Wark, 'British military and exonomic intelligence assessments of Nazi Germany before the Second World War' Macmillan Educ. Primo search Ankersmit, F.R. Historical Representation The Nature of History Stanford U.P. Primo search Appleby, Joyce Oldham Telling the Truth About History The Nature of History edition n.e. W.W.Norton Primo search Arnold, John History The Nature of History - Essential - Oxf.U.P. Primo search Bentley, Michael Modern Historiography The Nature of History Routledge Primo search Berger, Stefan Search for Normality The Origins of the First World War Berghahn Books Primo search Berghahn, Volker R. Germany and the Approach of War in 1914 The Origins of the First World War - Essential - edition 2r.e. Macmillan Primo search Berkhofer, Robert F. Beyond the Great Story The Nature of History Belknap P. Primo search Browning, Christopher R. Nazi Policy,Jewish Labor,German Killers The Holocaust - Essential - Camb.U.P. Primo search Browning, Christopher R. Ordinary Men The Holocaust - Essential - edition n.e. of Penguin Primo search Burleigh, Michael Racial State The Holocaust - Essential - Camb.U.P. Primo search Carley, Michael J. 1939,the Alliance That Never Was Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War House of Stratus Primo search Clark, Christopher M Kaiser Wilhelm II The Origins of the First World War Pearson Education Primo search Cockett, Richard Twilight of Truth Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Weidenfeld & N. Primo search Doerr, Paul W. British Foreign Policy,1919-39 Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Manchester U.P. Primo search Eley, Geoff From Unification to Nazism The Origins of the First World War Allen & U. Primo search Eley, Geoff From Unification to Nazism The Origins of the First World WarG Eley 'Social imperialism in Germany. Reformist synthesis or reactionary slight of hand' Allen & U. Primo search Finkelstein, Norman G A nation on trial : the Goldhagen thesis and historical truth The Holocaust Metropolitan Books Primo search Fischer, Fritz From Kaiserreich to Third Reich Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Allen & U. Primo search Fischer, Fritz Germany's Aims in the First World War The Origins of the First World War Chatto Primo search Fischer, Fritz War of Illusions The Origins of the First World War Chatto Primo search Fischer, Fritz World Power or Decline The Origins of the First World War - Essential - Weidenfeld & N. Primo search Fuchser, Larry William Neville Chamberlain and Appeasement Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War W.W.Norton Primo search Fulbrook, Mary Historical theory The Nature of History - Essential - Routledge Primo search Goda, Norman J. W Tomorrow the world : Hitler, Northwest Africa, and the path toward America Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Texas A & M University Press Primo search Grayson, Richard S. Liberals,International Relations and Appeasement Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War F.Cass Primo search Herrmann, David G. Arming of Europe and the Making of the First World War The Origins of the First World War - Essential - Princeton U.P. Primo search Hildebrand, Klaus Foreign Policy of the Third Reich Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War edition n.e. Univ.California P. Primo search Iggers, Georg G. Historiography in the Twentieth Century The Nature of History - Essential - Wesleyan U.P.,U.S. Primo search J. Noakes and G. Pridham Nazism 1919-1945. Vol.3, Foreign policy Documentary Sources on Nazi Foreign Policy University of Exeter Primo search Jackel, Eberhard Hitler's World View Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Harvard U.P. Primo search Jarausch, Konrad H. Enigmatic Chancellor The Origins of the First World War Yale U.P. Primo search Jenkins, Keith Postmodern History Reader The Nature of History Routledge Primo search Jordanova, L.J. History in Practice The Nature of History Arnold Primo search Knox, Macgregor Common Destiny Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Camb.U.P. Primo search Koch, H.W. Aspects of the Third Reich The HolocaustM Broszat 'Hitler and the Genesis of the 'final solution': an assessment of David Irving's theses' Macmillan Educ. Primo search Koch, H.W. Origins of the First World War The Origins of the First World War - Essential - edition 2r.e. Macmillan Educ. Primo search Langdon, John W. 41821 The Origins of the First World War - Essential - Berg Publrs. Primo search Leitz, Christian Third Reich Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Blackwell Primo search Longerich, Peter Unwritten Order, The The Holocaust - Essential - Tempus Publishing Primo search Marwick, Arthur New Nature of History, The The Nature of History Palgrave Primo search Mason, Timothy W. Nazism,Fascism and the Working Class Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World WarMason, T 'Intention and explanation: a current controversy about the interpretation of National Socialism Camb.U.P. Primo search Mombauer, Annika Helmuth Von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War The Origins of the First World War Camb.U.P. Primo search Mombauer, Annika Origins of the First World War, The The Origins of the First World War - Essential - Longman Primo search Muller, Rolf-Dieter Hitler's War in the East,1941-1945 Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Berghahn Books Primo search Murray, Williamson The change in the European balance of power, 1938-1939 Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Princeton University Press Primo search Neville, Peter Appeasing Hitler Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Macmillan Primo search Post, Gaines Dilemmas of Appeasement Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Cornell U.P. Primo search Retallack, James N. Germany in the Age of Kaiser Wilhelm II The Origins of the First World War Macmillan Primo search Robert Boyce and Joseph A. Maiolo The origins of World War Two : the debate continues Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Palgrave Primo search Robertson, Esmonde Manning Origins of the Second World War Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Macmillan,London Primo search Rohl, John C.G. Kaiser and His Court, The The Origins of the First World War edition n.e. Camb.U.P. Primo search Roi, Michael L. Alternative to Appeasement Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Praeger Primo search Roseman, Mark Villa,the Lake,the Meeting, The The Holocaust - Essential - A.Lane Primo search Ruggiero, John Neville Chamberlain and British Rearmament Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Greenwood Press,London Primo search Schmidt, Gustav Politics and Economics of Appeasement Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Berg Publrs. Primo search Schwok, Ren Interprtations de la politique trangre de Hitler Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Presses Universitaires de France Primo search Shaw, Louise Grace British political elite and the Soviet Union, 1937-1939 Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Frank Cass Primo search Smith, Woodruff D. Ideological Origins of Nazi Imperialism Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Oxf.U.P.(N.Y.) Primo search Southgate, Beverley C. History The Nature of History Routledge Primo search Stevenson, D. Armaments and the Coming of War The Origins of the First World War edition n.e. Oxf.U.P. Primo search Stoakes, Geoffrey Hitler and the Quest for World Dominion Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Berg Publrs. Primo search Thorne, Christopher Border Crossings Theory and Method in the Study of International HistoryPart 1 Blackwell Primo search Tosh, John Historians on History The Nature of History Longman Primo search Tosh, John Pursuit of History The Nature of History edition 2r.e. Longman Primo search Walter Laqueur Fascism : a reader's guide : analyses, interpretations, bibliography Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World WarH Mommsen 'National Socialism: continuity and change' Wildwood House Primo search Wehler, Hans-Ulrich German Empire,1871-1918 The Origins of the First World War Berg Publrs. Primo search Weinberg, Gerhard L. Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Univ.Chicago P. Primo search America in the World Theory and Method in the Study of International HistoryCHS 1-5 Camb.U.P. Primo search Bridges and Boundaries Theory and Method in the Study of International History - Essential - Esp. Chs 1-4, 15-16 MIT P. Primo search Cold War Constructions Theory and Method in the Study of International History Univ.Massachusetts P. Primo search Decisions for War,1914 The Origins of the First World War - Essential - UCL P. Primo search Diplomacy and World Power Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War Camb.U.P. Primo search Escape into War? The Origins of the First World War Berg Publrs. Primo search Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations Theory and Method in the Study of International History - Essential - Camb.U.P. Primo search Fascist Challenge and the Policy of Appeasement Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Allen & U. Primo search From Peace to War Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Berghahn Books Primo search Germany and the Second World War Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World WarVol 4 The attack on the Soviet Union, esp essays by Hoffmann and Forster Oxf.U.P. Primo search Haunted by History Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World WarD Chuter, 'Munich, or the blood of others' Berghahn Books Primo search History and Narrative Reader, The The Nature of History Routledge Primo search Holocaust, The The Holocaust - Essential - Routledge Primo search Making of Strategy Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Camb.U.P. Primo search National-socialist Extermination Policies The Holocaust - Essential - Berghahn Books Primo search Origins of the Second World War Theory and Method in the Study of International HistoryIntroducution Arnold Primo search Past Before Us Theory and Method in the Study of International HistoryC Maier, 'Marking time: the historiography of international relations' Cornell U.P. Primo search Paths to War Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Macmillan Educ. Primo search Paths to War Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World WarOvery, R J ' Hitler's war plans and the German economy' Macmillan Educ. Primo search Policies of Genocide The HolocaustMommsen, H 'The realisation of the Unthinkable: the Final Solution of the Jewish Question in the Third Reich' Allen & U. Primo search Probing the Limits of Representation The Holocaust Harvard U.P. Primo search Reevaluation of the Third Reich Nazi Foreign Policy and the Origins of the Second World War Holmes & Meier Primo search Remembering for the Future The Holocaust Palgrave Primo search Unwilling Germans? The Holocaust Univ.Minnesota P. Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7