Learning Module of B.A Part – I

History (Honours)

Paper-I (History of India from Prehistoric times to 1206 A.D.)

Name of the Topic

(Teachers)

Sub-Topic No. of

Classes

Sources of Ancient India

(AD)

1. Archaeological Sources,

2. Literary Sources 02

02

Pre-historic India

(AD)

1. Pre-Historic India

2. Discovery and Antiquity of Indus Valley

Civilization

3. Features of the Civilization

4. Political Organization, Religious beliefs and

practices

5. Causes for the Decline of I.V.C

01

02

02

03

02

Vedic Civilization

(AD)

1. Original Homeland of the Aryans

2. Socio-Economic Condition of the Aryans

3. Political Organization of the Vedic People

4. Religious Beliefs and Practices of the

Aryans

5. Position of Women in the Rig-Vedic and

Later Vedic Society

02

02

02

02

02

02

State Formation in Early

India

(AD & MDG)

1. Definition of the Janapadas and

Mahajanapadas and name of the

Mahajanapadas

2. Alexandar’s Invasion in India and its

Consequences

3. Factors and Backgrounds for the Rise of

Magadha

4. Bimbisara and Ajatsatru of Harjanka

Dyansty

5. Role of Chandragupta Mauryan for the

Consolidation of the Empire

6. Asoka’s Dhamma

7. Causes for the downfall of the Mauryan

empire, role of Asoka

8. Mauryan Administration

9. Art and Architecture of Mauryan

02

01

01

02

03

02

02

02

02

02

02

Northern India after the

Mauryas

(MDG)

1. Sungas

Rise of regional powers- 2. Satavahanas;

3. Saka

02

02

01

4. Satrapas;

5. Pahlavas;

6. Kusanas—polity, economy, religion;

7. Indo-Roman trade.

02

02

03

The Imperial Guptas

(MDG)

1. Achievement of Samudragupta

2. Chandragupta-II

3. Gupta Period as Golden Age

4. Administrative System of the Gupta Period

02

02

01

02

North India after the Guptas

(RR)

1. Achievement of Sasanka

2. Harshavardhana

3. Tripartite Struggle

4. Achievement of Devapala and Dharmapala

5. Kaivarta revolt

6. Military achievement of Vijay Sena and

causes of the decline of Sena Dyanasty

7. Socio-economic conditions of Bengal under

Palas and Senas

01

03

02

02

02

02

02

South India

(AD & RR)

1. Rashtrakutas;

2. Pallavas—polity and art;

3. Chalukyas;

4. Maritime Activities of the Chola kingdom

5. Feature of the Chola Administration

01

02

01

02

01

Advent of Islam

(RR)

1. Arab conquest of Sind;

2. Ghaznavid

3. Ghurid invasions

02

01

02

Early Medieval India

(AD & RR)

1. Feudalism debate;

2. Urbanization 02

02

Total No. of Lectures to be delivered 97

Books recommended:

1.B. and R. Allchin - The Rise of Civilisation in India and Pakistan, Cambridge, 1982.

2. A.L. Basham (ed.), A Cultural History of India, OUP, 1988.

3. Sukumari Bhattacharya, Women and Society in Ancient India, Calcutta, 1994.

4. A.N. Bose, Social and Rural Economy of Northern India, Kolkata, 1967.

5. D.M.Bose.et. al. Eds., A Concise History of Science in India, New Delhi, 1971.

6. D.K. Chakraborty, a) Beginnings of Early Historic Foundations, N. Delhi, 1999.

b) India an Archaeological History.

7. Ranabir Chakraborty, Exploring Early India up to . A.D. 1300, MACMILLAN, 2013.

8. R.Chakraborty, Trade in Early India, OUP, 2001.

9. D.N.Jha, Early India, A Concise History, Delhi, 2004.

10. D.D. Kosambi, An Introduction to the Study of Indian History, Mumbai, 1985.

11. Bongard Levin, Mauryan India, Delhi, 1985.

12. A.K.Majumdar, Concise History of Ancient India, Vols. I, II. & III, Delhi.

13. R.C.Majumdar (ed), History and Culture of the Indian People, Relevant Vols, 5

th

edn,

Mumbai,1988.

14. R.C.Majumdar, History of Ancient Bengal, Cal., 1971.

15. H.C.Raychaudhury, Political History of Ancient India with a Commentary by B.N. Mukherjee,

N.

Delhi, 1996 (OUP)

16. K.A.N.Sastri (ed), a) A Comprehensive History of India, Vol.II, Orient Longman,1957.

b) A History of South India,4

Learning Module of B.A (HONOURS) Part – I

Paper II

History of Classical Greece and Rome

Name of the Topics

(Teachers)

Sub-Topic No. of

Classes

The Polis:

(MAR)

1. Emergence

2. Characteristics

3. Nature and class composition

4. Decline

02

02

02

02

Sparta

(MAR)

1. Society

2. Polity

3. Constitution

4. Army

5. The Peloponnesian League

02

02

02

02

02

Athenian Democracy to

Athenian Empire (MAR)

1 Evolution of Athenian constitution

2. Solon The Wise – Constitutional Reforms –

Economic, Social, administrative etc. - Criticism

3.Cimon, Cleisthenes & Themistocles

4. Pericles – Democracy – Confederacy of Delos -

Athenian Expansion

5. Establishment of Cleruchies - The Greeko - Persian

Wars

6. Confederacy to Athenian Empire

02

05

05

05

08

04

02

Peloponnesian War:

(MAR)

1. Origin

2. Resources of belligerents

3. Plague – Impact on morality – Funeral Speech

4. Plutarch, Thucydides, Aristophanes etc.

5. Demagogues – Cleon & others – Rise of

Oligarchy

6. Sicilian expedition

7. Melos & Mytilene Rebellions

02

02

03

05

05

02

02

Greek Philosophy and

morality (MC)

1. Sophists;

2. Socrates;

3.Plato;

4.Aristotle;

5.Decline of Athenian Morality

6. Plague; Pericles’ funeral oration.

02

02

02

02

03

04

Greek Culture and Religion

(MC)

1.games;

2.drama—tragedy, comedy;

3.art and architecture;

4. Greek gods.

02

06

04

03

Greek Historiography (MC)

1.Logographers,

2.Herodotus,

3.Thucydides

4.Comparison between Herodotus & Thucydides

02

03

02

03

Roman Polity

(MDG )

1. Roman State under the monarchs

2. Transition from monarchy to Republic

3. Development of the Republican constitution

4. Development and cultivation of Roman law

5. Crisis of the Republic and transition to Principate

State

6. Julius Caesar as dictator

04

02

03

02

03

02

Roman Empire: (MDG )

1.Augustus as Emperor

2. Roman Society

3. Economy

4 Citizenship and slavery

5 Gender;

6 Army;

04

03

03

03

02

02

Mode of production (MDG )

1.Agriculture,

2. trade and commerce leading to urbanization

02

03

Religion and Culture in

Classical Rome (MDG )

1.Old gods and customs; cult of the Emperor;

2. Judaic revolts and Christianity;

3. Literature,

4.Philosophy;

5. Art and architecture

03

03

04

03

03

Total No of Lectures to be delivered 173

Learning Module of B.A (HONOURS) Part – II

History (Honours)

Paper III

History of India (1206—1757)

Name of the Topics

(Teachers)

Sub-Topic No. of

Classes

Establishment and

Consolidation of the

Sultanate

(MAR)

1. Qutb-ud-din Aibak;

2. Iltutmish;

3. Razia;

4. Balban

02

02

02

02

Delhi Sultanate:

(MAR)

1. Khaljis

2. Tughluqs

3. Lodis

03

04

02

Disintegration of the

Sultanate and the Coming of

the Mughals

(MC)

1. Vijaynagar

2. Bahamani kingdoms; Sayyids;

3. Sher Shah;

02

02

02

The Great Mughals

(MC)

1. Babur

2. Humayun

3. Akbar -Mughal imperialism;

4. Jahangir;

5. Shah Jahan.

6. Aurangzeb

02

02

04

02

02

03

Mughal Empire (1657—1739):

(MDG)

Resistance-

1. Marathas,

2. Rajputs,

3. Sikhs,

4. Deccan

02

02

02

02

Disintegration of the Mughal

Empire and Emergence of

Regional Powers

(MDG)

1. Bengal,

2. Marathas,

3. Sikhs,

4. Mysore,

5. Deccan

04

02

02

02

02

Polity

(MC)

1. Theory of kingship;

2. Central and provincial administration;

3. Mansabdari system

01

02

02

Society and Economy

(MC)

1. Revenue administration—from iqta to jagir

2. Agrarian crisis;

3. Non-agricultural production;

4. Trade and commerce;

5. Monetary system;

6. Urbanization.

03

03

01

01

01

02

Religion and Culture

(MDG)

Syncretic movements—

1. Sufism,

2. Bhakti;

3. Art—painting, sculpture, architecture;

literature—Persian and regional

02

02

02

04

Coming of the Europeans

(MC)

1. Chartered companies;

2. Expansion of European trade 02

02

Total No of Lectures to be delivered 88

Learning Module of B.A (HONOURS) Part – II

History (Honours)

Paper IV

History of Europe (800—c.1700)

Name of the Topics

(Teachers)

Sub-Topic No. of

Classes

Muhammad and

Charlemagne

(SD)

1. Coronation of Charlemagne& its significance

2. Administration

3. Empire expanding

4. Pirenne Thesis

5. Post - Charlemagne scramble for empire among

successors

02

02

02

02

03

Treaty of Verdun:

(SD)

1. Dissolution of Carolingian Empire. 03

Europe besieged:

(SD)

1. Norsemen

2. Magyars;

3. Saracens.

02

02

02

Feudal Society and Economy

(c.800—c.1100):

(MAR)

1. Feudalism—origin, features and decline

2. Manorialism

3. Chivalry;

4. Emergence of towns

5. Trade and commerce

6. Guilds.

06

03

02

02

03

02

Emergence of National

Kingship:

(SD)

1. Germany and Hohenstaufen’s 2. France under Valois.

03

03

Religion and Culture:

(MDG)

1. Cluniac Reform Movement

2. Investiture Contest;

3. Monasticism;

4. Crusades

5. Schoolmen;

6. Universities;

7. Twelfth Century Renaissance.

03

03

02

03

02

03

03

Renaissance:

(MC)

1. Art

2. Literature

3. Science

4. Humanism;

5. Religion.

02

02

02

02

03

Reformation:

(MC)

1. Origin & Nature

2. Ideas—Luther, Zwingli, Calvin

3. Counter-Reformation

03

06

02

Socio-economic

Transformation of Europe

(c.1100—c.1700):

(MAR)

1. Crisis of feudalism;

2. Transition to capitalism;

3. Black Death and urban decay;

4. Fifteenth century Crisis;

02

04

03

02

Sixteenth century Europe

(MAR)

1. 1.Agriculture,

2. Proto-industrialization,

3. Price Revolution;

4. 4. Mercantilism.

02

02

02

03

Science and Technology:

(MAR)

1. 1.Scientific Revolution;

2. Printing Revolution

3. Military Revolution

4. Geographical Explorations

02

02

02

04

Crisis of Absolutism

(MAR)

England—

1. Civil War

2. Glorious Revolution;

3. Lockean liberalism.

02

02

02

Total No. of Lectures to be delivered 121

Books recommended:

1. Bloch, M.L.B., Feudal Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1961.

2. Collins, R., Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.

3. Collins, R., Charlemagne, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.

4. Davis, R. H.C., A History of Medieval Europe: from Constantine to Saint Louis. London; New

York: Longman, 1988.

5. Havighurst, A.F., (ed.), The Pirenne Thesis: Analysis, Criticism, and Revision. Lexington, MA:

Heath, 1976.

6. Jones, G., A History of the Vikings. New York: Oxford University Press, 1968.

7. McEvedy, C., The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History. New York: Penguin Books, 1992.

8. Norwich, J.J., Byzantium: the Decline and Fall. London: Viking, 1995.

9. Tierney, B., Western Europe in the Middle Ages, 300-1475. 6th ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill

College, 1999.

10. Treadgold, W., T., A History of the Byzantine State and Society. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford

University Press, 1997.

11. Ashton, T.H. and C.H.E. Philipin (eds.), The Brenner Debate: Agrarian Class Structure and

Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe, Cambridge University Press. 2005.

12. Cameron, E. (ed.), Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History, OUP, 2004 (NE)

13. Hilton, R., Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism, Aakar Books, 2006.

14. Rice, E.F., A. Grafton, The Foundations of Early Modern Europe, 1460-1559, W.W. Norton &

Company, 2004.

15. The New Cambridge Economic History of Europe, vols. I, VII. CUP, 2004 (Revised edn.).

16. The New Cambridge Modern History of Europe, vols. I – VII, CUP 1994.

17. Charles, A. N., Humanism and the Culture of the Renaissance, OUP, 1996.

18. Thompson, J.W., E.N. Jonson, An Introduction to Medieval Europe, New York, 1937.

19. Phukan, M., Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic History of Modern Europe

Macmillan, 1998.

20. Hall, A.R., The Scientific Revolution 1500-1800 (Ed.), London, 1962.

21. Dutta, N.C., Madhyayuger Europe, Vols. 1,2 , Pashchimbanga Pustak Parshad, 1972,

22. Roy, P., Madhyayuger Europe (Rahstra, Samaj, Samskriti), Progressive Publishers, 1995.

23. Baidya, J., Madhyayugiya Europe (800-1250), New Kalpana Parakashani, 2009.

24. Chakravorty, B., S. Chakraborty, K. Chattopadhyay, Europe-e Yugantar, Nababharati,

2007.

25. Dutta, N., Madhyayug theke Europer Adhunikatay Uttaran, Mitram, 2007.

26. Roy, M., Europer Roopantar (1500-1700), Progressive Book Forum, 2004.

27. Roy, P., S. Das, Uttoroner Pathe Europe, Progressive Publishers, 2004.

28. Mallik, S., Yugasandhikshane Europe (1400-1700), Sobha, Kolkata, 2012.

B.A Part-III

History Honours

Paper –V

History of India (1757AD to 1964AD)

Name of the Topic

(Teachers)

Sub-Topic No. of Classes

English East India

Company’s Territorial Expansion in India

(SD)

1. Battle of Plassey: Causes and

importance

2. Battle of Buxer: causes and effect

3. Importance of Diwani gained by East

India Company

4. Famine of 1770 : causes and effect

5. Pitt’s Regulation Act 6. Anglo-Sikh Relation

7. Anglo-Maratha Relation

8. Anglo-Mysore Relation

9. Third Battle of Panipath and its

consequences

10. Subsidiary Alliance and its role of

expansion of east India company

11. Doctrine of Lapse and its implication

02

01

01

01

01

02

02

03

01

02

01

The Colonial State

and its

Administration

(SD)

1. Legislations from the Regulating Act

to the

Queen’s Proclamation; 2. Law;

3. Police;

4. Army;

5. Indian Civil Service.

02

01

01

01

01

Economic and Social

Policies:

(SD)

1. Agrarian settlements—

Permanent Settlement,

Ryotwari, and Mahalwari;

2. Industrial and tariff policies;

3. Education;

4. Social legislations.

05

01

02

01

Effects of colonial

economic policies

(SD)

Rural society—

1. Commercialization of agriculture and

rural indebtedness;

2. Company’s trade in Bengal; 3. Deindustrialization;

4.Growth of modern industries—cotton

and iron.

02

02

02

02

Peasant/tribal

response to colonial

rule

(SD)

1. Poligar Uprising

2. Paik and Chuar uprising

3. wahabi and faraizi Movement

4. 4.Santal rebellion: Cause and effect

5. 5.Revolt of 1857:Cause,Effect, Nature

etc

01

01

02

02

03

6. Indigo Revolt;

7. Pabna rebellion;

4. Deccan Riots

01

01

01

Middle class response

to colonial social

policies

(SD)

1. Reform of William Bentinck

2. Rammohan as Social Reformer

3. Vidyasagar as Social and Educational

Reformer

4. Young Bengal Movement

5. Brahmasamaj movement

6. Aligarh Movement ;Role of Sayed

Ahmed Khan

7. Parthana samaj and Arya Samaj

8. the debate about an Indian

‘renaissance’; 9. Growth of a new middle class;

10. Women as recipients and agents of

change with reference to the fields of

law, medicine, literature, and factory

work.

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

02

02

04

Early phase of the

Indian freedom

movement

(AD)

1. Historiography of Indian nationalism;

2. Provincial Association and

organization before 1885

3. Foundation of I.N.C: Background, role

of A.A .Hume

4. Congress under Moderate Leadership:

Activity of I.N.C from 1885 to 1905

5. Partition of Bengal

6. Swadeshi Movement: Its varied

dimension

7. Birth of Muslim League: background

,consequences, activities

8. Militant Nationalism

9. Revolutionary terrorism

02

02

02

01

02

02

02

01

02

The Gandhian Era and

the alternative Forces in

the Freedom Movement

(AD)

1. Gandhi’s advent in Indian politics and early movements;

2. Rowlett Satyagraha;

3. Montague-Chelmsford Reforms;

4. Khilafat and Non-Co-operation

Movement;

5. Swarajya Party;

6. Nehru Report;

7. Civil Disobedience Movement;

8. Quit India Movement,

9. Indian Muslims;

10. Dalits; Kisan Sabha agitations;

11. Working Class movements;

12. Subhas Chandra Bose and the INA

02

01

02

01

01

02

02

01

02

02

02

Pre-War Political

Developments and the

Partition

(AD)

1. Government of India Act of 1935

2. Working of the provincial ministries;

3. Cripps Mission;

4. the Wavell Plan;

5. Cabinet Mission;

6. Te-bhaga movement;

7. Telengana movement;

01

01

01

01

01

01

01

8. INA trials;

9. Demand for Pakistan and response to it;

10. Partition and Independence.

01

02

02

Nehruvian Era: Internal

policy between 1947 and

1964

(RR)

1. Nature of Independence

2. Was partition inevitable?

3. Some Major Problem:-

a)Migration Problem and its Solution

b)Integrity of Princely State

c)Formation of Indian Constitution and

its features

4. Development of Parliamentary

Democracy

5. Economic Panning: First Three Five

years Plan

6. Movements for Social Justice

7. India and NAM : Role of J. Neheru

8. Indo-Pak Relation ,1947-1964/Kasmir

problem and its impact

9. Indo-Chinese relation

10. Bi-polarism and Cold War: Beginning

of the Cold War;

11. Truman Doctrine and Marshal Plan

12. NATO and SEATO

13. Third World : Features, Impact of the

Cold war on the Third World

14. Korean War and role of India

15. Suez Crisis and role of India

19. Hungary Crisis

01

01

02

02

02

02

02

02

02

02

01

02

01

02

01

01

01

01

Total No. of Lectures to be Delivered 140

Sub- History (Honours)

Paper-V

History of India from 1757 – 1964 A.D.

Consulted and Prescribed Book(s):

1. Bipan Chandra and Others- a) India’s Struggle for Independence

b) India after Independence, 1999, New Delhi

2. Suprakash Roy- Bidrohi Bharat, 1983, Kolkata

3. Sunil Sen- Bharater Krishak Andolon, Kolkata

4. M.A.Kalam Azad- India Wins Freedom, Oriental Longman, 1967

5. Amalesh Tripathy- a) Swadhinata Songrame Bharater Jatiya Congress

b) Swadhinatar Mukh, 1998

6. Michael Brecher- Neheru: A Political Biography, 1969, Oxford

7. A.B.Shah(Ed.), - Jawaharlal Neheru: A Critical Tribute 1969, Bombay

8. A. Jalal, The Sole Spokesman. Jinnah, the Muslim League, and the Demand for

Pakistan.

9. S. Bandopadhyay, Plassey to Partition (Trans: Palashi Theke Partition).

10. . K. Roy (ed.), Partition of India.

11. S. Sarkar, Modern India (Bengali Trans: Adhunik Bharat).

12. S. Sen&AGhosh, Adhunik Bharat 1885-1964

13. V.P.Menon, Integration of the Indian States.

14. B.R. Nanda (ed.), Indian foreign Policy: The Nehru Years.

15. Bipan Chandra, M. Mukherjee & A. Mukherjee, India after Independence (1947 –

2000).

16. Ramchandra Guha, India after Gandhi( trans. Gandhittor Bharat

17. Samar Kumar Mallick –Adhunik Bharater !50 Bochor

Raj Theke Swaraj

Neheru yug)

B.A. Part-III

History Honours

Paper –VI

History of Modern Europe (1789AD to 1945AD)*

Name of the Topic Sub-Topic No. of Classes

Foundation of Modern

Europe

1. Renaissance and Reformation

2. Geographical Discoveries

3. Scientific Revolution

4. Advent of Capitalism

01

01

01

01

The French Revolution 1. Socio-Economic Background

2. Responsibility of Monarchy

3. Role of Philosophers in French

Revolution

4. Beginning of the F.R

5. Function of the Constituent

assembly

6. Reign of Terror

02

01

02

01

02

02

Napoleon 1. Rise of Napoleon

2. Continental system

3. Napoleon and Revolution

4. Napoleon’s downfall

01

01

02

02

Impact of nationalism 1. Vienna Settlement (1815)and

Principles

2. Metternich System(1815-48) and its

impact

3. July Revolution(1830): Cause and

effect

4. February Revolution(1848):Cause

and effect

5. Unification of Italy: Role of

Mazzini, Kavur, Gariboldi

6. Unification of Germany: Role of

Bismark

7. Economic Reforms of Alexandar-II

in Russia

01

02

02

02

02

02

02

02

02

Industrial

Revolution(2nd

Phase)

1. Industrial Advances in England and

the continent

2. Labour Movement

3. Utopian Socialism and Marxism.

02

01

02

Modern Imperialism 1817-

1914

1. Foreign Policy of Bismark and

Kaiser William-II after unification

of Germany

2. Scramble for colonies in Asia and

Africa

3. Eastern question and its solution

4. Triple Alliance, Triple Entente and

the emergence of two armed camps

02

02

01

02

02

First World War (1914-1919

A.D.)

1. Origins of the First World War

2. Peace Settlement of 1919:

3. Treaty of Versailles

02

02

02

Russian Revolution of 1917 1. Cause

2. Role of Lenin in Russian Revolution

3. NEP of Lenin

4. Effect and Impact

01

02

02

02

Europe in Inter-War Period

(1919-1939)

1. Rise of Fascism/Musolini in Italy

2. Rise of Nazism/Hitler in Germany

and foreign policy of Hitler

02

02

Second World War(1939-45)

1. Back ground of the World war-II

2. Failure of Appeasement of England

and France

3. Outbreak of World War-II

4. Causes of the Defeat of Axis Powers

02

02

02

01

Post-War Peace Settlement

,U.N.O

1. Background of the formation of

U.N.O

2. Organization of U.N.O

3. Role of UNO to keep international

peace

01

01

02

02

Total No of Lectures to be Delivered 84

*The whole Paper taught by Dr. Mallika Chakraborty

Consulted and Prescribed Book :

1. E.H. Carr, a) International Relations between the Two World Wars: 1919-1939

b) The Bolshevik Revolutions: 1917-19239(3 Vol.)

2. Ranabir Chakrovorty, A history of the Modern World: An Outline

3. Goodwin, The French Revolution

4. G. Lefebvre, The French Revolution

5. David Thomson, Europe since Napoleon

6. A.J.P Taylor, The Origin of the Second World War

7. G. Rude, The French Revolution

8. E.J Hosbsbawm, a) Age of Revolution: 1789-1848

- b) Age of Capital: 1848-1875

9. S.N. Sen, Europe and the World: From the Renaissance to the Second World War

10. Subahs Ranjan Chakraborty, Iuroper Itihas, Kol,1986

11. Mrinal Kanti Chattopadhaya, Europer Itihas

12. Subash Chakraborty, Yuroper Itihas

13. Prafulla Kumar Chakraborty, Farasi Biplob

14. Samar Kumar Mallick, a) Europer Biplobkal

b) Naborupe Europe

Additional Resources Materials Provided to the Students of B.A. Part-III

Paper: VI

French Revolution:

I. Role of Philosophers in the French Revolution,

II. Activities of French Constitute Assembly of 1791

Age of Napoleon:

Reforms of Napoleon,

Continental System of Napoleon

Political Development in Europe from 1815-1870:

I. Main Principle of Vienna Settlement in 1815,

II. Metternich System and its implication in Europe,

III. Cause and effect of July Revolution (1830) and February Revolution (1848)

IV. Unification and consolidation of Germany and role of Bismark,

V. Unification of Itali and role Mazzini and Cavour,

VI. Reforms of Allexander-II

Society and Economy in the 19th

century Europe:

I. Utopian Socialism

II. Marxist Socialism

First World War:

I. Origin of the First World War,

II. Peace Settlement in 1919

Europe in the Inter War Period (1919 to 194):

I. Rise of Fascism in Italy and rise of Nazism/Hitler in Germany,

II. Munich Pact and its importance,

III. Causes for the failure of Axis Power in the Second World War

IV. Background for the rise of UNO.

Short Question - Answer: For 1 and 2 Marks

(Including Old and New Syllabus)

Paper VII

Making of the Contemporary World (1945—2000)*

Name of the Topic Modules No. of

Classes

Breakdown of the Grand

Alliance

New World Order- Bipolar World 03

Cold War

1. Origin & Nature

2. Yalta Conference

3. Fulton Speech

4.Kennan Note ,

02

02

01

01 Ideological clash or Power

rivalry

1.Emergence of American and Soviet economic and

military alliances:

a) NATO

b) ANZUS & MEDO

c) SEATO

d) WARSAW

e) CENTO.

2. Development of the Cold War:

a)Sovietization of Eastern Europe

1) COMINFORM

2) COMECON ETC.

b)Americanization of Western Europe

1)Truman Doctrine

2) Marshal Plan.

02

02

02

02

02

01

01

02

02

Cold War Escalates 1.Korea Divided

2.Cuban missile crisis

3.Crisis in Hungary

4.Polish under Lech Walesa

5. Vietnam problem

6.Palestine problem – Creation of state Israel –Palestine

Movement-Activities of PLO - Yaser Arafat

7.Suez crisis – Abdul Naser

7. Iran-Iraq Conflicts

8.Gulf War of 1990-’91

9. Arab-Israel Conflicts – Wars.

10.Afghan problem

02

02

02

01

02

04

02

02

02

02

02

Decolonization and the

Emergence of the Third

World:

1.National movements in Asia

2. National movements in Africa;

3. Emergence of the Third World

4. Impact of the Cold War on the Third World

03

03

02

02

Non-aligned Movement

1.Nehru

2.Nasser

3.Tito

4. Sukarno & others

02

01

01

02

Third World organizations 1.OPEC,

2. SAARC

3.ASEAN

4. OAU.

02

02

02

02 Détente:

1. Background

2. NPT, SALT – 1, SALT – 2, Hotline between two

Super Powers

3. Soviet intervention in Afghanistan & collapse of

Détente Bonhomie

4. Spectre of Star Wars.

01

02

01

03

02

Rise of Red China and

World Politics

1. Sino-Soviet relations

2. Sino-U.S. relations 02

01

India and her Neighbours

(1947-’91) 1. Pakistan,

2. China, Bangladesh

3. Nepal

4. Sri Lanka

02

02

01

01 Collapse of the Soviet Bloc

1. Coming of Gorbachev - Glasnost and Perestroika

2. Collapse of Soviet Union

3. Impact on East-Europe

4. Reunification of Germany

03

02

03

02 Unipolar World

1. America as Global Police

2. Intervention in Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon

3. Challenge from West Asia

01

02

Globalization 1. Impact on the Third World with special reference to

India

2. Information Revolution – Global Village

02

03

Liberalization 1. Impact on Indian economy;

2. World Bank

3. I.M.F.

02

02

02

Total No. of Lectures to be delivered 115

* The whole Paper to be taught by Prof. Munshi Azimbur Rahaman

Books recommended:

1. Taylor, A.J.P., Origins of the Second World War

2. Carr, E.H., a) International Relations between the two World Wars

b) The twenty years crisis 1919-39: An Introduction to the

Study of the International relations

3. Hobsbawm, E., Age of Extremes: the Short Twentieth century 1914-91

4. Higgins, H., Vietnam (Heinemann 1978)

5. Bhagwati, J., In Defence of Globalization (Oxford 2004)

6. Calvocoressi. P., World since 1945

7. Belts, R.F., Decolonization

8. Bandyopadhyay, J., General theory of International relation

9. Smith, J.,The Cold War

10. Fleming, D.F.,The Cold War and its Origins (New York 1960)

11. Barraclough, G., Introduction to Contemporary History

12. Horowitz, D., From Yalta to Vietnam

13. Barstm, R.P., International Relations since 1945

14. Barstom, R.P., Modern Diplomacy

15. Hastings, M., The Korean War

16. Keylor, W.R., The Twentieth Century World –An International History (Oxford, 2001)

B.A Part-III

History (Hons.)

Paper VIII

History of China & Japan (1839-1949)*

Name of the Topic Sub-Topic No. of

Lectures

Pre-colonial China 1. Nature and structure of the traditional Chinese

society;

2. the peasantry and the gentry;

3. Government bureaucracy and central control;

4. China’s Pre-modern economy.

02

02

02

02

Anglo-Chinese

Relations till the Opium

War

1. The Tribute System;

2. The Canton Trade and its collapse;

3. First Opium War - Causes & Results

4. Second Opium War - Causes & Results

5. Increasing Western economic interests;

6. Emergence of Comprador class;

7. ‘Open Door’ policy.

02

02

03

02

02

01

02

Rebellion and

Restoration 1. Taiping rebellion—background and causes,

nature, failure;

2. Tung-Chih Restoration and the Self-

strengthening Movement

04

03

Reform and Restoration

in China 1. The Reform Movement of 1898;

2. Boxer Rebellion—causes, nature and failure;

3. Chinese Revolution of 1911

4. Role of Dr. Sun Yat-sen;

5. Yuan Shih-Kai and Warlordism

6. May 4thMovement

7. The rise of the Kuo-Min Tang Party; the First

United Front;

8. Chiang Kai-shek; financial imperialism in

China

02

03

02

02

02

02

02

02

Communist Victory in

China 1. Foundation of the Communist Party;

2. Mao Tse-tung and the making of the Red

Army;

3. The Second United Front;

4. Long March and the Yenan experiment;

5. The Chinese Revolution (1949)—ideology,

causes and significance;

6. The establishment of the People’s Republic of China.

01

02

02

03

04

02

Pre-Meiji Japan

1. Tokugawa Shogunate:

a)the feudal society and the government,

b)Economy

2. Encounter with the West

3. The Perry Mission

4. The opening up of Japan to the West;

02

02

02

02

02

5.The crisis & fall of the Shogunate

Meiji Restoration 1. Causes and nature;

2. Process of modernization—social, economic,

political and military;

3. Meiji Constitution;

4. Rise of political parties

03

05

02

02

Popular and Democratic

Movements 1. Satsuma Rebellion

2. Popular Rights Movement 01

02

Emergence of Japan as

an Imperial Power 1. Sino-Japanese War (1894-’95) 2. Anglo-Japanese Alliance;

3. The Russo-Japanese War

02

02

02

Japan through the two

World Wars 1. Japan and World War I;

2. Twenty-One Demands;

3. Washington Conference;

4. Manchurian Crisis

5. The role of the League of Nations;

6. The failure of the democratic system;

7. The rise of militarism in the 1930s and 1940s;

8. Japan and World War II

02

02

02

02

02

02

03

02

Total No. of Lectures to be Delivered 106

*The whole Paper is to be taught by Prof. Mahua Duttagupta

Books Recommended:

1. Allen, G., A short Economic History of Japan

2. Beasley, W.G., The Modern History of Japan

3. Backmann, G.M., The Making of Meji Constitution / Modernization of China and Japan

4. Borton, H., Japan since 1931

5. Jansen Y.B. (ed.), The Cambridge History of Japan vols. V-VI

6. Fairbank, J.K. (ed.), The Cambridge History of China vol. X

7. Gray, J., Rebellions and Revolutions

8. Hsu, C.Y.I., The Rise of Modern China

9. Peffer, N., The Far East: A Modern History

10. Roy S.L., A short History of the Far East

11. Snow, E., Red Star Over China

12. Richard, S., A History of Modern Japan

13. Vinacke, H., A History of the Far East in Modern Times

14. Bianco, L., Origins of the Chinese Revolutions1915-1949

15. Jaansen, Y.B. (ed.) The Cambridge History of Japan vols. V and VI

16. Chesneaux, J., Et al : China from Opium War to 1911 Revolution

17. Chen, J., Mao tse-Tung and the Chinese Revolution

18. Fitzjerald, C.P., Birth of Communist China

19. Gordon, A., A Modern History of Japan From Tokugawa Times to Present

20. Halliday J., A Political History of Japanese Capitalism

21. Johnson, C.A., Peasant Nationalism and Communist Power : The Emergence of Red China

1937-1945

22. Norman E.H., Japan`s Emergence as Modern State

23. Purcell, V., The Boxer Uprising: A Background Study

24. Sansom, G., The Western World and Japan

25. Tung C.T., The May Fourth Movement : Intellectual Revolution in Modern China

26. Wright, M.C., China in Revolution: The First Phase 1900-1913

27. Yanaga, C., Japan since Perry

28. Bhattacharyay Amit, Transformation of China 1840-1969

29. Epstein, I., From Opium War to Liberation

30. Hobsbawm E., Age of Extremes ; The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991

31. Kaiming, S., Modern China: A Topical History

32. Kan C.H., A History of the Modern Chinese Revolutions

33. Lockwood, W., The Economic Development of Japan: Growth and Structural Change, 1868-

1938

34. Mao Tse tung: Selected Writing

35. Nish I.H., Japan`s Foreign Policy: 1869-1942

36. Schram, S., Mao tse-Tung

37. Selden M., The Yenan Way in Revolutionary China

38. Shen H. Imperialism and Chinese Politics

39. Smith, T.C., Political change and Industrial delopment in Japan

40. Takahasi, K., Rise and Development of Japan`s Modern Economy

41. Clyde, P.H., B.F. Beers, Far East

42. Chowdhury, D., Adhunik Juge Purba Asia-r Sankhipta Itihas

43. Chattopadhyay, H., Japaner Itihas

44. Chattopadhyay, H., Chiner Itihas

45. Chattopadhyay, M.K., Chin o Japaner Itihas

46. Guharoy, S., Adhunik Purba Asia : Chin o Japaner Itihas

47. Sen, J., E Juger Chin Katha

48. Mukhopadhyay, S., Adhunik Purba Asia.

49. Bhattacharyay, A., Chiner Rupantarer Itihas 1840-1969

50. Bhattacharyay, A., Japaner Rupantarer Itihas 1600-1945