Module Identifier |
IPM0730 |
Module Title |
HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY 1900-1945 (S) |
Academic Year |
2007/2008 |
Co-ordinator |
Dr Peter D Jackson |
Semester |
Semester 1 |
Course delivery |
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. | |
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Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
By the end of this course students will:
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have been introduced to the way in which general issues of philosophy and method relate to the specific context of International History
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have appropriate training in the use of a broad range of historical source materials
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have practised the necessary skills to make critical use of them;
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demonstrate detailed knowledge of the more significant historiographical debates of the period;
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be able to account for fluctuations in historical interpretation over time; and
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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.
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
Reading Lists
Books
** General Text
C Elman and MF Elman (Eds) (2001) Bridges and Boundaries: Historians, Political Scientists and The Study of International Relations
Cambridge Mass.: MIT Press
P Finney (ed) (1997) The Origins of the Second World War
London: Arnold
Sally Marks (2002) The Ebbing of European Ascendancy: An International History of the World 1914-45
London: Arnold
** Recommended Text
Kennedy, Paul M. Realities Behind Diplomacy
Fontana 0006346812
Parker, R.A.C. Chamberlain and Appeasement
Macmillan 0333417135
Parker, R.A.C. Churchill and Appeasement
edition n.e.. Papermac 0333675843
Templewood, Samuel J. Nine Troubled Years
Greenwood Press,London 0837186331
41821
Batsford 0713411074
Churchill
Oxf.U.P. 0198203179
Germany and the Second World War
Oxf.U.P. 0198228864
** Supplementary Text
Andrew, Christopher M. Missing Dimension
Macmillan Educ. 0333368649
Ankersmit, F.R. Historical Representation
Stanford U.P. 0804739803
Appleby, Joyce Oldham Telling the Truth About History
edition n.e.. W.W.Norton 0393312860
Arnold, John History
Oxf.U.P. 019285352X
Bentley, Michael Modern Historiography
Routledge 0415202671
Berger, Stefan Search for Normality
Berghahn Books 1571818634
Berghahn, Volker R. Germany and the Approach of War in 1914
edition 2r.e.. Macmillan 0333599039
Berkhofer, Robert F. Beyond the Great Story
Belknap P. 0674069072
Browning, Christopher R. Nazi Policy,Jewish Labor,German Killers
Camb.U.P. 052177490X
Browning, Christopher R. Ordinary Men
edition n.e. of. Penguin 0141000422
Burleigh, Michael Racial State
Camb.U.P. 0521391148
Carley, Michael J. 1939,the Alliance That Never Was
House of Stratus 1842320416
Clark, Christopher M Kaiser Wilhelm II
Pearson Education
Cockett, Richard Twilight of Truth
Weidenfeld & N. 0297795481
Doerr, Paul W. British Foreign Policy,1919-39
Manchester U.P. 0719046718
Eley, Geoff From Unification to Nazism
Allen & U. 0049430394
Finkelstein, Norman G A nation on trial : the Goldhagen thesis and historical truth
Metropolitan Books
Fischer, Fritz From Kaiserreich to Third Reich
Allen & U. 0049430440
Fischer, Fritz Germany's Aims in the First World War
Chatto 070110693X
Fischer, Fritz War of Illusions
Chatto 0701119721
Fischer, Fritz World Power or Decline
Weidenfeld & N. 0297769804
Fuchser, Larry William Neville Chamberlain and Appeasement
W.W.Norton 0393016072
Fulbrook, Mary Historical theory
Routledge
Goda, Norman J. W Tomorrow the world : Hitler, Northwest Africa, and the path toward America
Texas A & M University Press
Grayson, Richard S. Liberals,International Relations and Appeasement
F.Cass 0714681334
Herrmann, David G. Arming of Europe and the Making of the First World War
Princeton U.P. 0691015953
Hildebrand, Klaus Foreign Policy of the Third Reich
edition n.e.. Univ.California P. 0520025288
Iggers, Georg G. Historiography in the Twentieth Century
Wesleyan U.P.,U.S. 0819563064
J. Noakes and G. Pridham Nazism 1919-1945. Vol.3, Foreign policy
University of Exeter
Jackel, Eberhard Hitler's World View
Harvard U.P. 0674404254
Jarausch, Konrad H. Enigmatic Chancellor
Yale U.P. 0300012950
Jenkins, Keith Postmodern History Reader
Routledge 041513904X
Jordanova, L.J. History in Practice
Arnold 0340663324
Knox, Macgregor Common Destiny
Camb.U.P. 0521582083
Koch, H.W. Aspects of the Third Reich
Macmillan Educ. 0333352726
Koch, H.W. Origins of the First World War
edition 2r.e.. Macmillan Educ. 0333372980
Langdon, John W. 41821
Berg Publrs. 0854966803
Leitz, Christian Third Reich
Blackwell 0631207007
Longerich, Peter Unwritten Order, The
Tempus Publishing 0752419773
Marwick, Arthur New Nature of History, The
Palgrave 033392262X
Mason, Timothy W. Nazism,Fascism and the Working Class
Camb.U.P. 0521437873
Mombauer, Annika Helmuth Von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War
Camb.U.P. 0521791014
Mombauer, Annika Origins of the First World War, The
Longman 0582418720
Muller, Rolf-Dieter Hitler's War in the East,1941-1945
Berghahn Books 1571810684
Murray, Williamson The change in the European balance of power, 1938-1939
Princeton University Press
Neville, Peter Appeasing Hitler
Macmillan 0333739876
Post, Gaines Dilemmas of Appeasement
Cornell U.P. 0801427487
Retallack, James N. Germany in the Age of Kaiser Wilhelm II
Macmillan 0333592425
Robert Boyce and Joseph A. Maiolo The origins of World War Two : the debate continues
Palgrave
Robertson, Esmonde Manning Origins of the Second World War
Macmillan,London 0333114612
Rohl, John C.G. Kaiser and His Court, The
edition n.e.. Camb.U.P. 0521565049
Roi, Michael L. Alternative to Appeasement
Praeger 0275959090
Roseman, Mark Villa,the Lake,the Meeting, The
A.Lane 071399570X
Ruggiero, John Neville Chamberlain and British Rearmament
Greenwood Press,London 0313310505
Schmidt, Gustav Politics and Economics of Appeasement
Berg Publrs. 0907582168
Schwok, Ren Interprtations de la politique trangre de Hitler
Presses Universitaires de France
Shaw, Louise Grace British political elite and the Soviet Union, 1937-1939
Frank Cass
Smith, Woodruff D. Ideological Origins of Nazi Imperialism
Oxf.U.P.(N.Y.) 0195036905
Southgate, Beverley C. History
Routledge 0415138833
Stevenson, D. Armaments and the Coming of War
edition n.e.. Oxf.U.P. 0198208316
Stoakes, Geoffrey Hitler and the Quest for World Dominion
Berg Publrs. 0907582567
Thorne, Christopher Border Crossings
Blackwell 0631160620
Tosh, John Historians on History
Longman 0582357950
Tosh, John Pursuit of History
edition 2r.e.. Longman 0582026342
Walter Laqueur Fascism : a reader's guide : analyses, interpretations, bibliography
Wildwood House
Wehler, Hans-Ulrich German Empire,1871-1918
Berg Publrs. 090758232X
Weinberg, Gerhard L. Foreign Policy of Hitler's Germany
Univ.Chicago P. 0226885097
America in the World
Camb.U.P. 0521498074
Bridges and Boundaries
MIT P. 0262550393
Cold War Constructions
Univ.Massachusetts P. 1558492186
Decisions for War,1914
UCL P. 1857280989
Diplomacy and World Power
Camb.U.P. 0521462436
Escape into War?
Berg Publrs. 0854962751
Explaining the History of American Foreign Relations
Camb.U.P. 0521407362
Fascist Challenge and the Policy of Appeasement
Allen & U. 0049400681
From Peace to War
Berghahn Books 1571818820
Germany and the Second World War
Oxf.U.P. 0198228864
Haunted by History
Berghahn Books 1571819401
History and Narrative Reader, The
Routledge 041523249X
Holocaust, The
Routledge 0415150361
Making of Strategy
Camb.U.P. 0521453895
National-socialist Extermination Policies
Berghahn Books 1571817514
Origins of the Second World War
Arnold 034067640X
Past Before Us
Cornell U.P. 0801412242
Paths to War
Macmillan Educ. 0333375173
Policies of Genocide
Allen & U. 0049430467
Probing the Limits of Representation
Harvard U.P. 0674707664
Reevaluation of the Third Reich
Holmes & Meier 0841912289
Remembering for the Future
Palgrave 0333804864
Unwilling Germans?
Univ.Minnesota P. 0816631018
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7