The aim of the course is to grasp the meaning of the great processes of transformation occurred in the Western world between the Second Industrial Revolution and the end of the Cold War. Both the features of these processes and their consequences within and outside the Euro-American region are considered, stressing in particular the emergence of a mass society and a global world. A discussion of the main trends in contemporary historiography is included.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B
The course is divided into two modules.
- Students who need to earn 6 university credits are required to do Module 1 (Contemporary History B-1)
- Students who need to earn 12 university credits are required to do both Module 1 and 2 (Contemporary History B-1 and Contemporary
History B-2).
1) MODULE 1 – CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B – 1
6 university credits
Institutions of Contemporary History: Foundation course
Module 1 is divided into two parts:
a) The 19th century: from the collapse of the Ancien Regime to the second Industrial Revolution
This module will specifically cover the following:
The transition from the Ancien Regime to contemporary society. The 19th-century world and the “Triumph of the Bourgeoisie”. The new economic system and the “Gold System”. The “Liberal” system. The concept of “nation” in Europe. The unification of Italy. Europe’s world domination. China and India in the mid-19th century. The Second Industrial Revolution. Mass society. Mass politics. The birth of democratic systems. Marxism. Nationalism. The condition of women in 19th-century society. Liberal Italy and the age of Giolitti. The birth of a new power: the United States. New global equilibriums: the age of Imperialism.
b) The 20th-century from World War I to the end of the Cold War (also taking a brief look at the recent globalised world)
This module will specifically cover the following:
World War I as “total” war: the contingent causes, the long-term causes and effects. The Russian Revolution. The advent of Fascism in Italy. The Great Depression in 1929: causes and consequences. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” in the US. The advent of Nazism and the Third Reich. The Fascist regime in Italy. Stalinism. Totalitarianism and democracy. World War II: causes. The end of the war: the reasons the Axis were defeated and the allied victory. The Shoah.
The Cold War: origins and early development. The transition from Fascism to a Republic in Italy. Decolonisation: an overall look and its essential characteristics. Gandhi’s India: from non-violence to independence. The Middle East and the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Communisms: the Chinese Revolution and “de-Stalinisation” in the Soviet Union. The “society of wellbeing”: new consumer goods and new customs. The United States as a world power: from Eisenhower to Kennedy’s “New Frontier” and the war in Vietnam. The new youth culture: rock-n-roll, pop and new mores. Feminism. 1968 and the season of the “movements”. The 1973 oil crisis and the contradictions of the ‘70s. The so-called “Neoliberal” turning point and the new consumer society of the ‘80s. The crisis of Communism. The fall of the Berlin wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War
Finally, a look at the world in the last 20 years. A geopolitical equilibrium with no centre of gravity. The unification of Europe and the euro. Climate change. The “information revolution” and “Globalisation”. The 2007-2008 economic and financial crisis.
Please pay close attention to this list. It is a selection of the topics found in the recommended textbooks. The lessons and exams will cover these selected topics.
Then there is Part II:
2) MODULE 2 – CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B – 2
6 university credits
In Module 2, we will look more closely at some of the topics dealt with in Module 1.
In particular, the following topics will examined:
a) Nazism, mass society, “Totalitarian” regimes
b) 20th-century mass parties: the case of the Italian Socialist Party
c) The 1980s. The new consumer society. Topics regarding method: new sources to study historical phenomena and audiovisual sources.
MODULE ONE, CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B - 1
A) For the 19th century:
Handouts prepared by the professor available at the copyist “Copyando” starting on TUESDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2019:
“The ‘Bourgeoisie Revolutions. The Second Industrial Revolution and Mass Society”
B) For the 20th century:
Choose between two textbooks (shown below in alphabetical order by author):
Alberto Mario Banti, L’età Contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra a oggi, Laterza, Rome – Bari, 2009
Lucio Caracciolo, Adriano Roccucci, Storia contemporanea, Le Monnier Università, Milan 2017, from Chapter 10 on.
MODULE 2 CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B - 2
Books:
a) Ian Kersaw, Hitler e l’enigma del consenso, Laterza
b) Paolo Mattera, Storia del PSI, Carocci
c) Anni Ottanta. Quando tutto cominciò, monographic issue of the journal Cinema e Storia, Rubbettino.
This last book was written by several different authors and each of them is specialised in a different topic. Therefore, only the following chapters should be studied: Chapter 2 by Piero Cavallo, Chapter 5 by Paolo Capuzzo, Chapter 8 by Paolo Mattera and Chapter 9 by Edoardo Novelli.
STORIA CONTEMPORANEA B - 2
Testi:
a) Ian Kersaw, «Hitler e l’enigma del consenso», Laterza
b) Paolo Mattera, «Storia del PSI», Carocci
c) «Anni Ottanta. Quando tutto cominciò», in “Cinema e Storia”, Rubbettino.
Only the following chapters: chapter 2 (written by Piero Cavallo), chapter 5 (written by Paolo Capuzzo), chapter 8 (written by Paolo Mattera), chapter 9 (written by Edoardo Novelli).
Programme
STORIA CONTEMPORANEA BCONTEMPORARY HISTORY B
The course is divided into two modules.
- Students who need to earn 6 university credits are required to do Module 1 (Contemporary History B-1)
- Students who need to earn 12 university credits are required to do both Module 1 and 2 (Contemporary History B-1 and Contemporary
History B-2).
1) MODULE 1 – CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B – 1
6 university credits
Institutions of Contemporary History: Foundation course
Module 1 is divided into two parts:
a) The 19th century: from the collapse of the Ancien Regime to the second Industrial Revolution
This module will specifically cover the following:
The transition from the Ancien Regime to contemporary society. The 19th-century world and the “Triumph of the Bourgeoisie”. The new economic system and the “Gold System”. The “Liberal” system. The concept of “nation” in Europe. The unification of Italy. Europe’s world domination. China and India in the mid-19th century. The Second Industrial Revolution. Mass society. Mass politics. The birth of democratic systems. Marxism. Nationalism. The condition of women in 19th-century society. Liberal Italy and the age of Giolitti. The birth of a new power: the United States. New global equilibriums: the age of Imperialism.
b) The 20th-century from World War I to the end of the Cold War (also taking a brief look at the recent globalised world)
This module will specifically cover the following:
World War I as “total” war: the contingent causes, the long-term causes and effects. The Russian Revolution. The advent of Fascism in Italy. The Great Depression in 1929: causes and consequences. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” in the US. The advent of Nazism and the Third Reich. The Fascist regime in Italy. Stalinism. Totalitarianism and democracy. World War II: causes. The end of the war: the reasons the Axis were defeated and the allied victory. The Shoah.
The Cold War: origins and early development. The transition from Fascism to a Republic in Italy. Decolonisation: an overall look and its essential characteristics. Gandhi’s India: from non-violence to independence. The Middle East and the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Communisms: the Chinese Revolution and “de-Stalinisation” in the Soviet Union. The “society of wellbeing”: new consumer goods and new customs. The United States as a world power: from Eisenhower to Kennedy’s “New Frontier” and the war in Vietnam. The new youth culture: rock-n-roll, pop and new mores. Feminism. 1968 and the season of the “movements”. The 1973 oil crisis and the contradictions of the ‘70s. The so-called “Neoliberal” turning point and the new consumer society of the ‘80s. The crisis of Communism. The fall of the Berlin wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War
Finally, a look at the world in the last 20 years. A geopolitical equilibrium with no centre of gravity. The unification of Europe and the euro. Climate change. The “information revolution” and “Globalisation”. The 2007-2008 economic and financial crisis.
Please pay close attention to this list. It is a selection of the topics found in the recommended textbooks. The lessons and exams will cover these selected topics.
Then there is Part II:
2) MODULE 2 – CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B – 2
6 university credits
In Module 2, we will look more closely at some of the topics dealt with in Module 1.
In particular, the following topics will examined:
a) Nazism, mass society, “Totalitarian” regimes
b) 20th-century mass parties: the case of the Italian Socialist Party
c) The 1980s. The new consumer society. Topics regarding method: new sources to study historical phenomena and audiovisual sources.
Core Documentation
BooksMODULE ONE, CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B - 1
A) For the 19th century:
Handouts prepared by the professor available at the copyist “Copyando” starting on TUESDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2019:
“The ‘Bourgeoisie Revolutions. The Second Industrial Revolution and Mass Society”
B) For the 20th century:
Choose between two textbooks (shown below in alphabetical order by author):
Alberto Mario Banti, L’età Contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra a oggi, Laterza, Rome – Bari, 2009
Lucio Caracciolo, Adriano Roccucci, Storia contemporanea, Le Monnier Università, Milan 2017, from Chapter 10 on.
MODULE 2 CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B - 2
Books:
a) Ian Kersaw, Hitler e l’enigma del consenso, Laterza
b) Paolo Mattera, Storia del PSI, Carocci
c) Anni Ottanta. Quando tutto cominciò, monographic issue of the journal Cinema e Storia, Rubbettino.
This last book was written by several different authors and each of them is specialised in a different topic. Therefore, only the following chapters should be studied: Chapter 2 by Piero Cavallo, Chapter 5 by Paolo Capuzzo, Chapter 8 by Paolo Mattera and Chapter 9 by Edoardo Novelli.
STORIA CONTEMPORANEA B - 2
Testi:
a) Ian Kersaw, «Hitler e l’enigma del consenso», Laterza
b) Paolo Mattera, «Storia del PSI», Carocci
c) «Anni Ottanta. Quando tutto cominciò», in “Cinema e Storia”, Rubbettino.
Only the following chapters: chapter 2 (written by Piero Cavallo), chapter 5 (written by Paolo Capuzzo), chapter 8 (written by Paolo Mattera), chapter 9 (written by Edoardo Novelli).
Type of delivery of the course
Lessons of two hours for a total of 72 hoursType of evaluation
Written exam with four questions for the first part and three questions for the second part. teacher profile teaching materials
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B
The course is divided into two modules.
- Students who need to earn 6 university credits are required to do Module 1 (Contemporary History B-1)
- Students who need to earn 12 university credits are required to do both Module 1 and 2 (Contemporary History B-1 and Contemporary
History B-2).
1) MODULE 1 – CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B – 1
6 university credits
Institutions of Contemporary History: Foundation course
Module 1 is divided into two parts:
a) The 19th century: from the collapse of the Ancien Regime to the second Industrial Revolution
This module will specifically cover the following:
The transition from the Ancien Regime to contemporary society. The 19th-century world and the “Triumph of the Bourgeoisie”. The new economic system and the “Gold System”. The “Liberal” system. The concept of “nation” in Europe. The unification of Italy. Europe’s world domination. China and India in the mid-19th century. The Second Industrial Revolution. Mass society. Mass politics. The birth of democratic systems. Marxism. Nationalism. The condition of women in 19th-century society. Liberal Italy and the age of Giolitti. The birth of a new power: the United States. New global equilibriums: the age of Imperialism.
b) The 20th-century from World War I to the end of the Cold War (also taking a brief look at the recent globalised world)
This module will specifically cover the following:
World War I as “total” war: the contingent causes, the long-term causes and effects. The Russian Revolution. The advent of Fascism in Italy. The Great Depression in 1929: causes and consequences. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” in the US. The advent of Nazism and the Third Reich. The Fascist regime in Italy. Stalinism. Totalitarianism and democracy. World War II: causes. The end of the war: the reasons the Axis were defeated and the allied victory. The Shoah.
The Cold War: origins and early development. The transition from Fascism to a Republic in Italy. Decolonisation: an overall look and its essential characteristics. Gandhi’s India: from non-violence to independence. The Middle East and the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Communisms: the Chinese Revolution and “de-Stalinisation” in the Soviet Union. The “society of wellbeing”: new consumer goods and new customs. The United States as a world power: from Eisenhower to Kennedy’s “New Frontier” and the war in Vietnam. The new youth culture: rock-n-roll, pop and new mores. Feminism. 1968 and the season of the “movements”. The 1973 oil crisis and the contradictions of the ‘70s. The so-called “Neoliberal” turning point and the new consumer society of the ‘80s. The crisis of Communism. The fall of the Berlin wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War
Finally, a look at the world in the last 20 years. A geopolitical equilibrium with no centre of gravity. The unification of Europe and the euro. Climate change. The “information revolution” and “Globalisation”. The 2007-2008 economic and financial crisis.
Please pay close attention to this list. It is a selection of the topics found in the recommended textbooks. The lessons and exams will cover these selected topics.
Then there is Part II:
2) MODULE 2 – CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B – 2
6 university credits
In Module 2, we will look more closely at some of the topics dealt with in Module 1.
In particular, the following topics will examined:
a) Nazism, mass society, “Totalitarian” regimes
b) 20th-century mass parties: the case of the Italian Socialist Party
c) The 1980s. The new consumer society. Topics regarding method: new sources to study historical phenomena and audiovisual sources.
MODULE ONE, CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B - 1
A) For the 19th century:
Handouts prepared by the professor available at the copyist “Copyando” starting on TUESDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2019:
“The ‘Bourgeoisie Revolutions. The Second Industrial Revolution and Mass Society”
B) For the 20th century:
Choose between two textbooks (shown below in alphabetical order by author):
Alberto Mario Banti, L’età Contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra a oggi, Laterza, Rome – Bari, 2009
Lucio Caracciolo, Adriano Roccucci, Storia contemporanea, Le Monnier Università, Milan 2017, from Chapter 10 on.
MODULE 2 CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B - 2
Books:
a) Ian Kersaw, Hitler e l’enigma del consenso, Laterza
b) Paolo Mattera, Storia del PSI, Carocci
c) Anni Ottanta. Quando tutto cominciò, monographic issue of the journal Cinema e Storia, Rubbettino.
This last book was written by several different authors and each of them is specialised in a different topic. Therefore, only the following chapters should be studied: Chapter 2 by Piero Cavallo, Chapter 5 by Paolo Capuzzo, Chapter 8 by Paolo Mattera and Chapter 9 by Edoardo Novelli.
STORIA CONTEMPORANEA B - 2
Testi:
a) Ian Kersaw, «Hitler e l’enigma del consenso», Laterza
b) Paolo Mattera, «Storia del PSI», Carocci
c) «Anni Ottanta. Quando tutto cominciò», in “Cinema e Storia”, Rubbettino.
Only the following chapters: chapter 2 (written by Piero Cavallo), chapter 5 (written by Paolo Capuzzo), chapter 8 (written by Paolo Mattera), chapter 9 (written by Edoardo Novelli).
Programme
STORIA CONTEMPORANEA BCONTEMPORARY HISTORY B
The course is divided into two modules.
- Students who need to earn 6 university credits are required to do Module 1 (Contemporary History B-1)
- Students who need to earn 12 university credits are required to do both Module 1 and 2 (Contemporary History B-1 and Contemporary
History B-2).
1) MODULE 1 – CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B – 1
6 university credits
Institutions of Contemporary History: Foundation course
Module 1 is divided into two parts:
a) The 19th century: from the collapse of the Ancien Regime to the second Industrial Revolution
This module will specifically cover the following:
The transition from the Ancien Regime to contemporary society. The 19th-century world and the “Triumph of the Bourgeoisie”. The new economic system and the “Gold System”. The “Liberal” system. The concept of “nation” in Europe. The unification of Italy. Europe’s world domination. China and India in the mid-19th century. The Second Industrial Revolution. Mass society. Mass politics. The birth of democratic systems. Marxism. Nationalism. The condition of women in 19th-century society. Liberal Italy and the age of Giolitti. The birth of a new power: the United States. New global equilibriums: the age of Imperialism.
b) The 20th-century from World War I to the end of the Cold War (also taking a brief look at the recent globalised world)
This module will specifically cover the following:
World War I as “total” war: the contingent causes, the long-term causes and effects. The Russian Revolution. The advent of Fascism in Italy. The Great Depression in 1929: causes and consequences. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” in the US. The advent of Nazism and the Third Reich. The Fascist regime in Italy. Stalinism. Totalitarianism and democracy. World War II: causes. The end of the war: the reasons the Axis were defeated and the allied victory. The Shoah.
The Cold War: origins and early development. The transition from Fascism to a Republic in Italy. Decolonisation: an overall look and its essential characteristics. Gandhi’s India: from non-violence to independence. The Middle East and the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Communisms: the Chinese Revolution and “de-Stalinisation” in the Soviet Union. The “society of wellbeing”: new consumer goods and new customs. The United States as a world power: from Eisenhower to Kennedy’s “New Frontier” and the war in Vietnam. The new youth culture: rock-n-roll, pop and new mores. Feminism. 1968 and the season of the “movements”. The 1973 oil crisis and the contradictions of the ‘70s. The so-called “Neoliberal” turning point and the new consumer society of the ‘80s. The crisis of Communism. The fall of the Berlin wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War
Finally, a look at the world in the last 20 years. A geopolitical equilibrium with no centre of gravity. The unification of Europe and the euro. Climate change. The “information revolution” and “Globalisation”. The 2007-2008 economic and financial crisis.
Please pay close attention to this list. It is a selection of the topics found in the recommended textbooks. The lessons and exams will cover these selected topics.
Then there is Part II:
2) MODULE 2 – CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B – 2
6 university credits
In Module 2, we will look more closely at some of the topics dealt with in Module 1.
In particular, the following topics will examined:
a) Nazism, mass society, “Totalitarian” regimes
b) 20th-century mass parties: the case of the Italian Socialist Party
c) The 1980s. The new consumer society. Topics regarding method: new sources to study historical phenomena and audiovisual sources.
Core Documentation
BooksMODULE ONE, CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B - 1
A) For the 19th century:
Handouts prepared by the professor available at the copyist “Copyando” starting on TUESDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2019:
“The ‘Bourgeoisie Revolutions. The Second Industrial Revolution and Mass Society”
B) For the 20th century:
Choose between two textbooks (shown below in alphabetical order by author):
Alberto Mario Banti, L’età Contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra a oggi, Laterza, Rome – Bari, 2009
Lucio Caracciolo, Adriano Roccucci, Storia contemporanea, Le Monnier Università, Milan 2017, from Chapter 10 on.
MODULE 2 CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B - 2
Books:
a) Ian Kersaw, Hitler e l’enigma del consenso, Laterza
b) Paolo Mattera, Storia del PSI, Carocci
c) Anni Ottanta. Quando tutto cominciò, monographic issue of the journal Cinema e Storia, Rubbettino.
This last book was written by several different authors and each of them is specialised in a different topic. Therefore, only the following chapters should be studied: Chapter 2 by Piero Cavallo, Chapter 5 by Paolo Capuzzo, Chapter 8 by Paolo Mattera and Chapter 9 by Edoardo Novelli.
STORIA CONTEMPORANEA B - 2
Testi:
a) Ian Kersaw, «Hitler e l’enigma del consenso», Laterza
b) Paolo Mattera, «Storia del PSI», Carocci
c) «Anni Ottanta. Quando tutto cominciò», in “Cinema e Storia”, Rubbettino.
Only the following chapters: chapter 2 (written by Piero Cavallo), chapter 5 (written by Paolo Capuzzo), chapter 8 (written by Paolo Mattera), chapter 9 (written by Edoardo Novelli).
Type of delivery of the course
Lessons of two hours for a total of 72 hoursType of evaluation
Written exam with four questions for the first part and three questions for the second part. teacher profile teaching materials
CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B
The course is divided into two modules.
- Students who need to earn 6 university credits are required to do Module 1 (Contemporary History B-1)
- Students who need to earn 12 university credits are required to do both Module 1 and 2 (Contemporary History B-1 and Contemporary
History B-2).
1) MODULE 1 – CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B – 1
6 university credits
Institutions of Contemporary History: Foundation course
Module 1 is divided into two parts:
a) The 19th century: from the collapse of the Ancien Regime to the second Industrial Revolution
This module will specifically cover the following:
The transition from the Ancien Regime to contemporary society. The 19th-century world and the “Triumph of the Bourgeoisie”. The new economic system and the “Gold System”. The “Liberal” system. The concept of “nation” in Europe. The unification of Italy. Europe’s world domination. China and India in the mid-19th century. The Second Industrial Revolution. Mass society. Mass politics. The birth of democratic systems. Marxism. Nationalism. The condition of women in 19th-century society. Liberal Italy and the age of Giolitti. The birth of a new power: the United States. New global equilibriums: the age of Imperialism.
b) The 20th-century from World War I to the end of the Cold War (also taking a brief look at the recent globalised world)
This module will specifically cover the following:
World War I as “total” war: the contingent causes, the long-term causes and effects. The Russian Revolution. The advent of Fascism in Italy. The Great Depression in 1929: causes and consequences. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” in the US. The advent of Nazism and the Third Reich. The Fascist regime in Italy. Stalinism. Totalitarianism and democracy. World War II: causes. The end of the war: the reasons the Axis were defeated and the allied victory. The Shoah.
The Cold War: origins and early development. The transition from Fascism to a Republic in Italy. Decolonisation: an overall look and its essential characteristics. Gandhi’s India: from non-violence to independence. The Middle East and the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Communisms: the Chinese Revolution and “de-Stalinisation” in the Soviet Union. The “society of wellbeing”: new consumer goods and new customs. The United States as a world power: from Eisenhower to Kennedy’s “New Frontier” and the war in Vietnam. The new youth culture: rock-n-roll, pop and new mores. Feminism. 1968 and the season of the “movements”. The 1973 oil crisis and the contradictions of the ‘70s. The so-called “Neoliberal” turning point and the new consumer society of the ‘80s. The crisis of Communism. The fall of the Berlin wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War
Finally, a look at the world in the last 20 years. A geopolitical equilibrium with no centre of gravity. The unification of Europe and the euro. Climate change. The “information revolution” and “Globalisation”. The 2007-2008 economic and financial crisis.
Please pay close attention to this list. It is a selection of the topics found in the recommended textbooks. The lessons and exams will cover these selected topics.
Then there is Part II:
2) MODULE 2 – CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B – 2
6 university credits
In Module 2, we will look more closely at some of the topics dealt with in Module 1.
In particular, the following topics will examined:
a) Nazism, mass society, “Totalitarian” regimes
b) 20th-century mass parties: the case of the Italian Socialist Party
c) The 1980s. The new consumer society. Topics regarding method: new sources to study historical phenomena and audiovisual sources.
MODULE ONE, CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B - 1
A) For the 19th century:
Handouts prepared by the professor available at the copyist “Copyando” starting on TUESDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2019:
“The ‘Bourgeoisie Revolutions. The Second Industrial Revolution and Mass Society”
B) For the 20th century:
Choose between two textbooks (shown below in alphabetical order by author):
Alberto Mario Banti, L’età Contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra a oggi, Laterza, Rome – Bari, 2009
Lucio Caracciolo, Adriano Roccucci, Storia contemporanea, Le Monnier Università, Milan 2017, from Chapter 10 on.
MODULE 2 CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B - 2
Books:
a) Ian Kersaw, Hitler e l’enigma del consenso, Laterza
b) Paolo Mattera, Storia del PSI, Carocci
c) Anni Ottanta. Quando tutto cominciò, monographic issue of the journal Cinema e Storia, Rubbettino.
This last book was written by several different authors and each of them is specialised in a different topic. Therefore, only the following chapters should be studied: Chapter 2 by Piero Cavallo, Chapter 5 by Paolo Capuzzo, Chapter 8 by Paolo Mattera and Chapter 9 by Edoardo Novelli.
STORIA CONTEMPORANEA B - 2
Testi:
a) Ian Kersaw, «Hitler e l’enigma del consenso», Laterza
b) Paolo Mattera, «Storia del PSI», Carocci
c) «Anni Ottanta. Quando tutto cominciò», in “Cinema e Storia”, Rubbettino.
Only the following chapters: chapter 2 (written by Piero Cavallo), chapter 5 (written by Paolo Capuzzo), chapter 8 (written by Paolo Mattera), chapter 9 (written by Edoardo Novelli).
Programme
STORIA CONTEMPORANEA BCONTEMPORARY HISTORY B
The course is divided into two modules.
- Students who need to earn 6 university credits are required to do Module 1 (Contemporary History B-1)
- Students who need to earn 12 university credits are required to do both Module 1 and 2 (Contemporary History B-1 and Contemporary
History B-2).
1) MODULE 1 – CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B – 1
6 university credits
Institutions of Contemporary History: Foundation course
Module 1 is divided into two parts:
a) The 19th century: from the collapse of the Ancien Regime to the second Industrial Revolution
This module will specifically cover the following:
The transition from the Ancien Regime to contemporary society. The 19th-century world and the “Triumph of the Bourgeoisie”. The new economic system and the “Gold System”. The “Liberal” system. The concept of “nation” in Europe. The unification of Italy. Europe’s world domination. China and India in the mid-19th century. The Second Industrial Revolution. Mass society. Mass politics. The birth of democratic systems. Marxism. Nationalism. The condition of women in 19th-century society. Liberal Italy and the age of Giolitti. The birth of a new power: the United States. New global equilibriums: the age of Imperialism.
b) The 20th-century from World War I to the end of the Cold War (also taking a brief look at the recent globalised world)
This module will specifically cover the following:
World War I as “total” war: the contingent causes, the long-term causes and effects. The Russian Revolution. The advent of Fascism in Italy. The Great Depression in 1929: causes and consequences. Roosevelt’s “New Deal” in the US. The advent of Nazism and the Third Reich. The Fascist regime in Italy. Stalinism. Totalitarianism and democracy. World War II: causes. The end of the war: the reasons the Axis were defeated and the allied victory. The Shoah.
The Cold War: origins and early development. The transition from Fascism to a Republic in Italy. Decolonisation: an overall look and its essential characteristics. Gandhi’s India: from non-violence to independence. The Middle East and the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Communisms: the Chinese Revolution and “de-Stalinisation” in the Soviet Union. The “society of wellbeing”: new consumer goods and new customs. The United States as a world power: from Eisenhower to Kennedy’s “New Frontier” and the war in Vietnam. The new youth culture: rock-n-roll, pop and new mores. Feminism. 1968 and the season of the “movements”. The 1973 oil crisis and the contradictions of the ‘70s. The so-called “Neoliberal” turning point and the new consumer society of the ‘80s. The crisis of Communism. The fall of the Berlin wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War
Finally, a look at the world in the last 20 years. A geopolitical equilibrium with no centre of gravity. The unification of Europe and the euro. Climate change. The “information revolution” and “Globalisation”. The 2007-2008 economic and financial crisis.
Please pay close attention to this list. It is a selection of the topics found in the recommended textbooks. The lessons and exams will cover these selected topics.
Then there is Part II:
2) MODULE 2 – CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B – 2
6 university credits
In Module 2, we will look more closely at some of the topics dealt with in Module 1.
In particular, the following topics will examined:
a) Nazism, mass society, “Totalitarian” regimes
b) 20th-century mass parties: the case of the Italian Socialist Party
c) The 1980s. The new consumer society. Topics regarding method: new sources to study historical phenomena and audiovisual sources.
Core Documentation
BooksMODULE ONE, CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B - 1
A) For the 19th century:
Handouts prepared by the professor available at the copyist “Copyando” starting on TUESDAY, 8 OCTOBER 2019:
“The ‘Bourgeoisie Revolutions. The Second Industrial Revolution and Mass Society”
B) For the 20th century:
Choose between two textbooks (shown below in alphabetical order by author):
Alberto Mario Banti, L’età Contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra a oggi, Laterza, Rome – Bari, 2009
Lucio Caracciolo, Adriano Roccucci, Storia contemporanea, Le Monnier Università, Milan 2017, from Chapter 10 on.
MODULE 2 CONTEMPORARY HISTORY B - 2
Books:
a) Ian Kersaw, Hitler e l’enigma del consenso, Laterza
b) Paolo Mattera, Storia del PSI, Carocci
c) Anni Ottanta. Quando tutto cominciò, monographic issue of the journal Cinema e Storia, Rubbettino.
This last book was written by several different authors and each of them is specialised in a different topic. Therefore, only the following chapters should be studied: Chapter 2 by Piero Cavallo, Chapter 5 by Paolo Capuzzo, Chapter 8 by Paolo Mattera and Chapter 9 by Edoardo Novelli.
STORIA CONTEMPORANEA B - 2
Testi:
a) Ian Kersaw, «Hitler e l’enigma del consenso», Laterza
b) Paolo Mattera, «Storia del PSI», Carocci
c) «Anni Ottanta. Quando tutto cominciò», in “Cinema e Storia”, Rubbettino.
Only the following chapters: chapter 2 (written by Piero Cavallo), chapter 5 (written by Paolo Capuzzo), chapter 8 (written by Paolo Mattera), chapter 9 (written by Edoardo Novelli).
Type of delivery of the course
Lessons of two hours for a total of 72 hoursType of evaluation
Written exam with four questions for the first part and three questions for the second part.