Professor of History:
Professor R. M. CRAWFORD, B.A. (Syd. ), M.A. (Oxon and le1b. )
Ernest Scott Professor of
History:Professor J. A. LA NAUZE, B.A. (W.A.), l.A. (Oxon and lelb. ) ORDINARY DEGREE
(Details for the honours degree are set out at the end of this section.) Students are advised to watch the notice boards In the department of History.
Group 2(a)
Majors:
One of
Ancient History I, British History, Modern History A,followed by
Two
of American History, Australian History, Far Eastern History, Later British History, Modern History B, Economic History I.Economic History I may not be taken as the third part of the major, and may not be taken if Later British History is taken.
For combinations of History with Fine Arts and with Political Science, see pp. 32 and 33.
FACULTY OF ARTS HANDBOOK Sub-majors:
One of Ancient History I, British History, Modem History A, followed by
lIB of American History, Australian History, Far Eastern History, Modern History B, Economic History I.
Pre-requisites:
For all History subjects, other than Ancient History I, British History, Later British History, Modern History A, the pre-requisite is a grade I History subject or two other subjects.
Students who have not taken a Grade I History are, however, strongly advised not to attempt a Grade II History subject.
Students who take a History major or follow a History Honours course are ex- pected to possess an historical atlas. One of the following two atlases is prescribed.
Fullard, H., and Treharne, R. F.—Muir's Historical Atlas, Medieval and Modern.
(9th ed., Philip.)
Palmer, R. R. (ed. )—Atlas of World History. (Rand McNally.)
[An abridged paperback edition, Historical Atlas of the World (ed. R. R.
Palmer), contains only half of the maps and omits introductions and tables.]
58. ANCIENT HISTORY РАНТ I
A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year. Students will be required to submit written work during the course.
SYLLABUS
A study of the origin and development of the ancient civilizations of the Middle and Near East and the Mediterranean. Special attention will be given to three main subjects:
(i) The period from Palaeolithic savagery down to the establishment of the settled urban bronze-working societies of the third millenium B.C. This section will include lectures on archaeological method and interpretation.
(ii) The period from the Bronze Age civilization of Crete down to the Hellenistic Empires. The emphasis here will be upon cultural developments and the organization of government.
(iii) The unification of the Mediterranean world under the government of Rome, together with some treatment of Rome's contacts with the outside world.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Bibby, G.—The Testimony of the Spade. (Collins.) Lloyd, S.—Foundations in the Dust. (Pelican.)
Clark, J. D. G.—World Prehistory—an Outline. (C.U.P. )
*Сhildе, V. G.—What Happened in History. (Pelican.)
*kittl, H. D. F.—The Greeks. (Pelican.)
Bloch, R.—The Origins of Rome. (Thames & Hudson.)
Mattingly, H.—Roman Imperial Civilization. ( Arnold & Doubleday Anchor.) Heichelheim, F. M., and Yea, C.—A History of the Roman People. (Prentice-
Hall.)
(b) Prescribed textbooks:
Wheeler, R. E. 1.—Archaeologym the Earth. (O.U.P. & Pelican.)
*Clark, J. D. G.—Archaeology and Society. (Methuen.) Jones, A. H. M.—Athenian Democracy. (Blackwell.) Hammond, N. G. L.—A History of Greece. (Clarendon.) Scullard, H. 1.—From the Gracchi to Nero. (Methuen.) (c) Recommended for reference:
Reading guides will be issued during the year.
EXAMINATION
One or two 3-hour papers; the number to be set will be notified to students.
during the first term.
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59. BRITISH HISTORY
A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
The history of England, 1485-1689, with special regard to the period from 1603-1660.
Students will be required to submit written work during the course. The Rosemary Merlo Prize for the best essay in the subject will be awarded annually.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
*Bindoff, S.
T.
—Tudor England. (Penguin.)
*Trevelyan, G.
M.—
England under the Stuarts (1603-1714). (Penguin. ) ( b ) Prescribed textbooks:*Stephenson, C., and Marcham,
F.-
Sources of English Constitutional History.(Harper.)
*Hill, Christopher—The Century of Revolution 1605-1714. (Nelson. )
*Elton,
G.R.—
England Under the Tudors.( Methuen. )
*Tanner, J.
R.—English
Constitutional Conflicts of the Seventeenth Century.(C.U.P.)
Tawny, R.
H.-
Religion and the Rise of Capitalism. (Penguin
& Murray.) Firth,C.—
Oliver Cromwell. (World's
Classics.)(c) Guides to reference books will be issued from time to time during the year.
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.
60. MODERN HISTORY A
A course of two Iectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
A study of the making of early modem Europe and of its expansion into the New World and Asia. Topics studied will include the transformation of feudal society in the late Middle Ages; the maritime discoveries; the beginnings of capitalism in Europe; the early overseas empires; the relation of Renaissance and Reformation to changes in political and social assumptions in Europe; the new monarchies, diplomacies, and the balance of power; science in the age of Newton; 18th century thought; the Old Regime.
Students will be required to submit written work during the course.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed for preliminary reading:
Clark,
G.—Early
Modem Europe fromabout
1450 toabout 1720. ( Home
Uni- versity Library.)Camoens, Luis Vaz
de-The
Lusiads. ( Pengum) ( b ) Prescribed textbooks:( i ) General textbooks:
Gibbs,
M.-
Feudal Order. (Schuman. )
Acton,
Lord
—Lectures in Modern History.(Collins,
Fontana Library.)Parry,
.
H.—Europe and a Wider World 1415-1715. ( Hutchinson University Library.)Perroy,
E.
—The Hundred Years War.( Eyre
& Spottiswood. ) (1) Special Studies:Dannenfeldt,
K. H.
The Renaissance: Medieval or Modern? (Problems in Euro- pean Civilization.) (Heath.)Allen, J. W.—A History of Political Thought in the Sixteenth Century.
(Methuen,
University Paperbacks. )
Grimm, H. J.—The Reformation Era 1500-1650. (Macmillan.), Anderson, M.
S.
Europein
the Eighteenth Century. (Longmans. ) (c) Reference books:Reading guides will be issued during the course.
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EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.
63. AMERICAN HISTORY
A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
SYLLAВUs
The social and economic history of the United States from the American Revolution to 1941. Little attention will be paid to state political history, and federal political problems will be considered in relation to major questions of social development or national history. Some emphasis will be placed on western expansion, the causes of the Civil War and American foreign policy.
Students will be required to submit written work during the course.
BООКS
(a) Prescribed for preliminary reading:
Faulkner, H. I. Economic History of the United States. ( Macmillan. ) Parkes, H. B.-The American People. ( Еуге & Spottiswoode. )
Nye, R. B., and Morpurgo, J. E. Hisčоry of the United States. (Pelican.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:
*Morison, S. E., and Commager, H. S.—Growth of the American Republic.
( О.U.P. )
Turner, F. J.—The Frontier in American History (Holt.) or Turner, F. J.—Frontier and Section. ( Spectrum Books.)
*Alexander, F. Moving Frontiers. ( M.U.P. )
*Bogart, E. L., and kenimerer, D. L.—Economic History of the American People.
(Longmans. )
*Hacker, L. M., and Kendrick, B. B.—The United States since 1865. (Crofts.) Bailey. T. А.—Divlomatiо Historu of the United States. ( Crofts.)
*Birley, R.—Speeches and Documents in American History, 4 vols. ( О.U.P. ) Killington, R. A.—The Westward Movement in the United States. (Anvil; Van
Nostrand.)
A supplementary reading guide will be issued at the beginning of first term.
EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper.
62. AUSTRALIAN HISTORY
A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
Students will be required to submit essays during the course.
SYLLAВUS
The history of Australia, 1788-1939. The course will consist of two main sec.
tions: a study—largely comparative—of the Australian colonies in the nineteenth cеn- tury ( with emphasis on the period after 1850 ), and an examination of selected social a^_3 political problems in the Commonwealth period.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Crawford, R. 1.—An Australian Perspective. ( M.U.P. ) Clark, C. M. H.—А History of Australia, vol. L ( Млј.Р. ) Hancock, W. K.—Australia. ( Jacaranda Press.)
La Nauze, J. A.—"The Study of Australian Нistоry, 1929-1959." (Reprint from Historical Studies, Australia and New Zealand, separately available in Baillieu Library.)
Palmer, E. V.—National Portraits. (M.U.P. )
Fitzpatrick, B. C.—The Australian People. (M.U.P.)
Kiddie, Margaret—Men of Yesterday, A Social History of the Western Disłrićt of Victoria. (M.U.P. )
Grattan, C. Hartley--The Southwest Pacific to 1900. (U. of Michigan P., 1963.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:
*Clark, C. M. H. (ed. )—Select Documents in Australian History. 2 vols., 1788- 1850, 1851-1900. (Angus & Robertson.)
*Clark, C. M. H. (ed. )—Sources 0f Australian History. (World's Classics.) 104
Crawford, R. M.—Australia. (Hutchinson.)
Greenwood, G.
(ed. )—Australia—A
Social and Political History. (Angus &Robertson.)
Shaw, A. G. L.—The Story of Australia. (Faber.)
Conan, R.—Radical and Working Class Politics. A Study of Eastern Australia 1850-1910. (M.U.P.)
Deakin,
A. The
Federal Story. (M.U.P., paperback, .1963. This edition is essential.)(c) Reference books:
Reading guides will be issued during the course.
EXAMINATION
One or two 3-hour papers; the number to be set will be notified to students during first term.
64. FAR EASTERN HISTORY
A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year. Students will be required to submit written work during the course.
SYLLABUS
The history of China and Japan, mainly in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. China will be studied more closely. After some introductory study of their history and social structure before the nineteenth century, the main theme of the course will be the changing relationship between these two countries and Western powers, and their differing responses to the pressure of Western influences.
Books
(a) Suggested preliminary reading:
Reischauer, E. O., and Fairbank, J. K.—East Asia: the Great Tradition. (Allen and Unwin.)
*Fairbank, J.
K.—The
United States and China. (Harvard U.P.)*Bodde,
D.—China's
Cultural Tradition. (Source Problems in World Civilizations Series.) (Rinehart.)(b) Prescribed textbooks:
Fairbank, J. K., and Teng Ssu-уii—Chіпa'в Response to the West. (Harvard U.P.) Borton,
H. Japan's
Modern Century. (Ronald.)or . Beckmann, G.—The Modernization of China and Japan. (Harper & Row.) (c) Recommended for reference:
Detailed reading guides will be issued during the year.
EXAMINATION. One or two 3-hour papers, to be determined in first term.
59-1. LATER BRITISH HISTORY
A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
SYLLnws
The history of England from 1760 to 1940, with emphasis on social, political and economic changes in the period. The course will include a study of some aspects of the development of the empire and the relationship between Britain and the colonies.
Students will be required to submit written work during the course.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed for preliminary reading:
Butler, Sir James—A History of England 1815-1939. (Home University Library.) Chambers, J. D. The Workshop of the World. (Home University Library.) (b) Prescribed textbooks:
*Briggs, A.-The Age of Improvement. (Longmans.)
Jones, G. P., and Pool, A. G.—A Hundred Years of Economic Development.
(Duckworth.)
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*Bennett, G. (ed.)—The Concept of Empire: Burke to Attlee 1774-1947. (A. &
C. Black.)
Keith, A. B. (ed. )—Selected Speeches and Documents on British Colonial Policy 1763-1917. (O.U.P.)
(c) Reference books: -
Reading guides will be issued during the year.
61. MODERN HISTORY B
A course of two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
A study of some main developments in the political history of Europe from the French Revolution to 1939. The lectures during first term will be devoted to the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period; those of second term mainly to the development of Liberal, Nationalist and Socialist movements in France, Germany and Russia to 1914; and third term lectures mainly to the history of Bolshevism in Russia and Nazism in Germany.
Students will be required to submit written work during the year. Detailed reading guides will be distributed in lectures.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Shaw, A. G. L.—Modern World History. (Cheshire.) (b) Recommended for reference:
Full reading guides will be distributed in lectures and tutorials. The following works, to which extensive reference will be made during the year, are now available in paperback editions, and students may find them useful to own:
Goodwin, A.—The French Revolution. ( Grey Arrow. ) Cobban, A.—A History of Modern France, 2 vols. (Pelican.)
Lefebvre, G.—The Coming of the French Revolution. (Vintage Books.) Mayer,
J. P. (ed. )—The Recollections of Alexis de
Tocqueville. ( MeridianBooks.)
Wilson, E. To the Finland Station. (Fontana Library.)
Robertson, P.—Revolutions of 1848: A Social
History. ( HarperTorchbooks. ) Taylor, A. J. P.—Bismarck. ( Grey Arrow.)
*Bullock, A.—Hitler. A Study in Tyranny. (Pelican.) Vemadsky, G.—A
Нistоry of Russia. ( Yale U.P. )Florinsky, M. T.—The End of the Russian Empire. (Collier.) Trotsky, L.—The Russian Revolution. ( Doubleday Anchor Books.)
The following volumes in the series Problems in European Civilization (D.
C.Heath and Co.) will also be found useful:
Greenlaw, R. W. ( ed. )—The Economic Origins of the French Revolution- Poverty or Prosperity?
Lee, D. E. (ed. )—The Outbreak of the First World War—Who was Respon- Lederer, I. J. ( ed.)—The Versailles Settlement—Was it Foredoomed to Failure?
Adams, A. E. ( ed. )—The Russian. Revolution in Bolshevik Victory.
Snell, J. L. (ed. )—The Nazi Revolution—Germany's Guilt or Germany's Fate?
EXAMINATION.. Two 3-hour papers.
65. SOCIAL HISTORY
This is a course conducted in the Department of Social Studies. Though it may not form part of a major or sub-major in History (except in the combined course for Bachelor of Arts and Diploma of Social Studies) it may be taken otherwise as a Group II subject. Credit will not be given for both Social History and Later British History. Inquiries about the course should be addressed to the Department of Social.
Studies.
A course of two lectures each week and tutorial classes throughout the year.
No external enrolments are accepted in this subject.
SYLLAws
A. The social history of Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This will include economic development; changes in popul
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till and class structure; the emergence of the party system of democratic govern- ment; the growth of state bureaucracy; the changing role of local government.
Particular attention will be paid to public health; education ( both schools and universities >; the maintenance of order and systems of penal detention; the Poor Laws and their "break up" in the early twentieth century; political and social thought and ways in which it may, or may not, be related to social change (Burke, Paine, Bentham, Mill, Disraeli, the Fabians); the role of the Churches and religious beliefs, and the challenge of science to religion; theories and practice of town planning considered in relation to the economic and social environment.
B. A special comparative study of the development of social welfare work as sponsored by both governments and voluntary bodies in Britain, the U.S.A. and Australia, with particular reference to the emergence of the profession of social work and the factors, responsible for its changing character from the late nineteenth century to the Second World War.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Trevelyan, G.
1.
—English Social History. (Longmans. ) Plumb, J. H. England in the Eighteenth. Century. ( Penguin. ) Thomson, D.—England in the NineteenthCentury.
(Penguin.) Disraeli,B.—Sybil.
(Penguin.)(b) Recommended for reference ( section A only) :
Note: No textbooks are prescribed for this subject, but duplicated lists of references are issued to students from time to time, and at the beginning of each term the questions set for the weekly tutorials are issued with relevant reading for each. The following short list includes only major works of general reference.
Clark, G. Kitson—The Making of Victorian England. (Methuen.) Watson—The Reign of George III, 1760-1815. (Oxford.) Woodward—The Age of Reform 1815-1870. (Oxford.) Ensor, E. C. K.—England 1870-1914. (Oxford.) Briggs,
A.—The
Age of Improvement. (Longmans.)Marshall,
D. English
People in the Eighteenth Century. (Longmans. ) Young, G. M. (ed. )—Early Victorian England, 2 vols. (Oxford.)Halevy, E.—A Нistогy of the English in the Nineteenth Century, 8 vols. (Benn.) Aspinall, A., and Smith, E. R.—English' Historical Documents, Vol. XI, 1783-
1832. (Еyrе & Spottiswoode. )
Young, G. M., and Handcock, W. D. —English Historical Documents, Vol. XII (i), 1833-1874. (Еyге & Spottiswoode. )
Cole, G. D. H., and Filson, A. W. (eds.
)—British
Working Class Movements, Select Documents, 1789-1875. (Macmillan.)EXAMINATION. One 3-hour paper and essays as required.