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SUBJECT TEACHING GUIDE
Degree in History
G232 - Contemporary History II
Academic year 2016-2017
1. IDENTIFYING DATA
Degree Degree in History Compulsory. Year 2Type and
Year
Faculty of HumanitiesFaculty
MODULE WITH SECOND COURSE SUBJECTS
Universal and European History
Subject Area: Contemporary History
Subject Area: Contemporary History
Discipline
G232 - Contemporary History IICourse unit title
and code
6Number of ECTS
credits allocated
Term Semester based (2)
Web
SpanishLanguage of
instruction
Mode of
deliveryFace-to-faceEnglish Friendly No
DPTO. HISTORIA MODERNA Y CONTEMPORANEADepartment
MARIA JESUS GONZALEZ HERNANDEZName of lecturer
mariajesus.gonzalez@unican.esE-mail
Edificio Interfacultativo. Planta: + 2. DESPACHO PROFESORES (239)Office
AURORA GARRIDO MARTINOther lecturers
3.1 LEARNING OUTCOMES
Acquiring a general knowledge of the main processes and major events that shaped the twentieth century.-
Having a good understanding of the historiographical debates on the most relevant problems of the twentieh century.-
4. OBJECTIVES
Knowing the main processes and events that shaped the XXth century.
Knowing the main historiographical debates on the problem areas of twentieth century European history
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6. COURSE ORGANIZATION
CONTENTS
1 MODULE 1
WOMEN IN CONTEMPORARY AGE:
ACCESS TO CITIZENSHIP AND THE SITUATION OF WOMEN DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD.
1.1 The fight for citizenship (1850-1918)
1.2 Women during interwar period: (the new woman, flappers, pro natalist, eugenist socialisyt and pacifist)
2 MODULE 2
AFTER THE WAR (I)
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. RUSSIA TILL 1941
2.1 The revolutionary porocess: From Lenin to Stalin
2.2 An assessment of the revolution
3 MODULE 3
AFTER THE WAR (II)
DARK CONTINENT: INTERWAR EUROPE
3.1 The repercussions of First World War
3.2 Culture in Interwar Europe
4 MODULE 4
THE RISE OF RIGHT WING AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES AND FASCISM.
4.1 The rise of right wing authoritarian regimes in Europe
4.2 Italian fascism: characteristic and evolution.
4.3 Nazism. Characteristics and evolution.
5 MODULE 5
NEW INTERNATIONAL POSTWAR ORDER
5.1 New international postwar order
5.2 The institutional process
6 MODULE 6
CAPITALIST DEMOCRACIES
6.1 Post war consensus: economic growing and welfare
6.2 The crisis of consensus
7 MODULE 7
THE COMMUNIST WORLD (1945-1991)
7.1 URSS and popular democracies
7.2 The collapse of communism
8 MODULE 8
DECOLONIZATION AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE THIRD WORLD
8.1 Decolonization
8.2 Characteristics of the Third World: dependence and underdevelopment
9 MODULE 9
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIP (1945-1991)
9.1 The begining of the Codl War (1945-1949)
9.2. The division of the world (19949-1962)
9.3 Limits and contradictions opf superpowers (1962-1979)
9.4 Towards a new balance
10 WRITTEN EXAM
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7. ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Description Type Final Eval. Reassessment
DESCRIPTION
The final exam will consist in developing 2 points
from the program and 2 short questions
(theoretical or historiographical) related with the
same program.
60,00 Written exam Yes Yes
DESCRIPTION
Writing an essay about the selected readings for
the seminar and /or participating in its
presentation in class.
30,00 Work No Yes
Attendance during the course and particularly
attendance to seminars (compulsory)
10,00 Others No No
100,00 TOTAL
Observations
POSITIVE MARKS FROM ESSAYS (CONTINUOUS EVALUATION) WILL BE KEPT AND TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN
SEPTEMBER
- In the case of not succeeding in the continuous evaluation (written essays/presentations) pupils will have the oportunity
of writing a new essay for the september evaluation which will be given to the professor the same date of the exam.
Observations for part-time students
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8. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND TEACHING MATERIALS
BASIC
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Universidad de Barcelona, 1995.
ARÓSTEGUI Sánchez, Julio y SABORIDO, Jorge. El tiempo presente. un mundo globalmente desordenado, Buenos
Aires, Eudeba, 2005.
AZCONA PASTOR, José Manuel: Historia del mundo actual (1945-2005): ámbito sociopolítico, estructura económica y
relaciones internacionales, Madrid, Universitas, 2005.
BERSTEIN, Serge: Los regímenes políticos del siglo XX. Para una historia política comparada del mundo contemporáneo,
Barcelona, Ariel, 1996.
BRIGGS, A., P. CLAVIN (1997): Historia Contemporánea de Europa, 1789-1989. Ed.Crítica, Barcelona
BROWER, Daniel: Historia del mundo contemporáneo, 1900-2001, Madrid, Prentice Hall, 2002.
CASSASAS, Jordi (coord.): La construcción del presente: el mundo desde 1848 hasta nuestros días, Barcelona, Ariel,
2005
DIEZ ESPINOSA, José Ramón y otros: Historia del Mundo Actual (desde 1945 hasta nuestros días), Valladolid,
Universidad de Valladolid, 2006.
DUBY, Georges i PERROT, Michelle (Dir.) (1991-93): Historia de las mujeres. Madrid: Taurus. 5 vols.
FUSI AIZPURÚA, J.P., Edad Contemporánea. 1898-1939, Madrid, Historia 16, 1997.
FUENTES, J.F. y LA PARRA, E., Historia universal del siglo XX. Madrid, Síntesis, 2001
GARCIA DE CORTAZAR, Fernando y LORENZO ESPINOSA, José María: Historia del Mundo Actual, 1945-1995, 2 vols.,
Madrid, Alianza Editorial, 1996.
GONZÁLEZ CALLEJA, Eduardo; ARÓSTEGUI, Julio y RIESCO, Sergio: El siglo XX, Madrid, Arlanza, 2001.
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KOLKO, Gabriel: El siglo de las guerras. Política, conflictos y sociedad desde 1914, Barcelona, Paidós, 2005.
MARTINEZ CARRERAS, José U. y otros: Historia del Mundo Actual, Madrid, Marcial Pons, 1996.
MAZOWER, M. La Europa negra. Desde la Gran Guerra hasta la caída del comunismo, Barceona, Ediciones B, 2001
NASH, M.-Mujeres en el mundo : historia, retos y movimientos Alianza, 2004
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PROCACCI, Giuliano: Historia general del siglo XX, Barcelona, Crítica, 2001.
REYNOLDS, David: One world divisible. A global history since 1945, New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 2001
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