The course aims to provide students with categories, notions and cognitive tools in order to deal with the main problems of contemporary history; to develop skills and competences in written and spoken communication; to provide the interpretative tools of primary and secondary sources; to develop a more complex capacity for autonomous and critical thinking in approaching themes and processes of contemporary history.
Curriculum
teacher profile teaching materials
Europe after 1848: development of political systems and international relations. Italian unification. The Franco-Prussian War and the Bismarckian period. Imperialism. The birth of a power: the United States. The “second” industrial revolution. The advent of mass society and mass politics: political parties. The labour movement and Marxism. Nationalism. Post-Bismarckian Europe. The rise of parliamentarianism.
The Great War: contingent causes, long-term causes and effects. The revolution in Russia. The advent of fascism in Italy and its institutionalisation. The Great Depression of 1929 and F. D. Roosevelt's “New Deal”. The advent of Nazism and the Third Reich. Stalinism. Totalitarianism and democracy. The Second World War and the Holocaust.
The Cold War: origins and developments. The first steps towards European integration. New and old democracies in Europe. Decolonisation: overview and key features. Communism: the People's Republic of China and “de-Stalinisation” in the Soviet Union. The “welfare society”: new consumption patterns and new customs. The United States as a world power: from Eisenhower to J.F. Kennedy's “New Frontier” to the Vietnam War. The new youth culture and 1968; the movements of the 1960s and 1970s; international détente. The 1973 oil crisis and the so-called “neo-liberal” shift of the 1980s. The revival of European integration and the birth of the European Union. The crisis of communism and the end of the Cold War.
“Globalisation” and the 1990s. New wars, terrorism and the attack on the Twin Towers.
vol. I: L’Ottocento (capp. 11-18)
vol. II: Dalla Grande Guerra ad oggi (capp. 1-20)
or (same text):
G. Sabbatucci-V. Vidotto, Il mondo contemporaneo, Laterza, 2019 (capp. 2-29)
Support text (optional):
A. Brancati, T. Pagliarani, Dialoghi fra storia e futuro, vol. III: Novecento e Duemila, La Nuova Italia, 2023
All students are requested to subscribe to the Moodle channel of their academic year's course: informations about lectures, programmes, exams, etc. are given through Moodle. The lecturer does NOT use the course Teams groups.
Mutuazione: 20710680 STORIA CONTEMPORANEA (PER LINGUE) in Storia, territorio e società globale L-42 R Bonfreschi Lucia
Programme
The course will address the main turning points, themes and processes of contemporary history, from around 1860 to 2001. With regard to the topics covered in the texts, the following issues will be selected and discussed:Europe after 1848: development of political systems and international relations. Italian unification. The Franco-Prussian War and the Bismarckian period. Imperialism. The birth of a power: the United States. The “second” industrial revolution. The advent of mass society and mass politics: political parties. The labour movement and Marxism. Nationalism. Post-Bismarckian Europe. The rise of parliamentarianism.
The Great War: contingent causes, long-term causes and effects. The revolution in Russia. The advent of fascism in Italy and its institutionalisation. The Great Depression of 1929 and F. D. Roosevelt's “New Deal”. The advent of Nazism and the Third Reich. Stalinism. Totalitarianism and democracy. The Second World War and the Holocaust.
The Cold War: origins and developments. The first steps towards European integration. New and old democracies in Europe. Decolonisation: overview and key features. Communism: the People's Republic of China and “de-Stalinisation” in the Soviet Union. The “welfare society”: new consumption patterns and new customs. The United States as a world power: from Eisenhower to J.F. Kennedy's “New Frontier” to the Vietnam War. The new youth culture and 1968; the movements of the 1960s and 1970s; international détente. The 1973 oil crisis and the so-called “neo-liberal” shift of the 1980s. The revival of European integration and the birth of the European Union. The crisis of communism and the end of the Cold War.
“Globalisation” and the 1990s. New wars, terrorism and the attack on the Twin Towers.
Core Documentation
G. Sabbatucci-V. Vidotto, Storia contemporanea, Laterza, 2018 e 2019vol. I: L’Ottocento (capp. 11-18)
vol. II: Dalla Grande Guerra ad oggi (capp. 1-20)
or (same text):
G. Sabbatucci-V. Vidotto, Il mondo contemporaneo, Laterza, 2019 (capp. 2-29)
Support text (optional):
A. Brancati, T. Pagliarani, Dialoghi fra storia e futuro, vol. III: Novecento e Duemila, La Nuova Italia, 2023
All students are requested to subscribe to the Moodle channel of their academic year's course: informations about lectures, programmes, exams, etc. are given through Moodle. The lecturer does NOT use the course Teams groups.
Attendance
In person and at the same time online (blended)Type of evaluation
Final written exam (one part with closed-ended questions and one part with open-ended questions) As alternative: final written exam (33 closed-ended questions) teacher profile teaching materials
Europe after 1848: development of political systems and international relations. Italian unification. The Franco-Prussian War and the Bismarckian period. Imperialism. The birth of a power: the United States. The “second” industrial revolution. The advent of mass society and mass politics: political parties. The labour movement and Marxism. Nationalism. Post-Bismarckian Europe. The rise of parliamentarianism.
The Great War: contingent causes, long-term causes and effects. The revolution in Russia. The advent of fascism in Italy and its institutionalisation. The Great Depression of 1929 and F. D. Roosevelt's “New Deal”. The advent of Nazism and the Third Reich. Stalinism. Totalitarianism and democracy. The Second World War and the Holocaust.
The Cold War: origins and developments. The first steps towards European integration. New and old democracies in Europe. Decolonisation: overview and key features. Communism: the People's Republic of China and “de-Stalinisation” in the Soviet Union. The “welfare society”: new consumption patterns and new customs. The United States as a world power: from Eisenhower to J.F. Kennedy's “New Frontier” to the Vietnam War. The new youth culture and 1968; the movements of the 1960s and 1970s; international détente. The 1973 oil crisis and the so-called “neo-liberal” shift of the 1980s. The revival of European integration and the birth of the European Union. The crisis of communism and the end of the Cold War.
“Globalisation” and the 1990s. New wars, terrorism and the attack on the Twin Towers.
vol. I: L’Ottocento (capp. 11-18)
vol. II: Dalla Grande Guerra ad oggi (capp. 1-20)
or (same text):
G. Sabbatucci-V. Vidotto, Il mondo contemporaneo, Laterza, 2019 (capp. 2-29)
Support text (optional):
A. Brancati, T. Pagliarani, Dialoghi fra storia e futuro, vol. III: Novecento e Duemila, La Nuova Italia, 2023
All students are requested to subscribe to the Moodle channel of their academic year's course: informations about lectures, programmes, exams, etc. are given through Moodle. The lecturer does NOT use the course Teams groups.
Mutuazione: 20710680 STORIA CONTEMPORANEA (PER LINGUE) in Storia, territorio e società globale L-42 R Bonfreschi Lucia
Programme
The course will address the main turning points, themes and processes of contemporary history, from around 1860 to 2001. With regard to the topics covered in the texts, the following issues will be selected and discussed:Europe after 1848: development of political systems and international relations. Italian unification. The Franco-Prussian War and the Bismarckian period. Imperialism. The birth of a power: the United States. The “second” industrial revolution. The advent of mass society and mass politics: political parties. The labour movement and Marxism. Nationalism. Post-Bismarckian Europe. The rise of parliamentarianism.
The Great War: contingent causes, long-term causes and effects. The revolution in Russia. The advent of fascism in Italy and its institutionalisation. The Great Depression of 1929 and F. D. Roosevelt's “New Deal”. The advent of Nazism and the Third Reich. Stalinism. Totalitarianism and democracy. The Second World War and the Holocaust.
The Cold War: origins and developments. The first steps towards European integration. New and old democracies in Europe. Decolonisation: overview and key features. Communism: the People's Republic of China and “de-Stalinisation” in the Soviet Union. The “welfare society”: new consumption patterns and new customs. The United States as a world power: from Eisenhower to J.F. Kennedy's “New Frontier” to the Vietnam War. The new youth culture and 1968; the movements of the 1960s and 1970s; international détente. The 1973 oil crisis and the so-called “neo-liberal” shift of the 1980s. The revival of European integration and the birth of the European Union. The crisis of communism and the end of the Cold War.
“Globalisation” and the 1990s. New wars, terrorism and the attack on the Twin Towers.
Core Documentation
G. Sabbatucci-V. Vidotto, Storia contemporanea, Laterza, 2018 e 2019vol. I: L’Ottocento (capp. 11-18)
vol. II: Dalla Grande Guerra ad oggi (capp. 1-20)
or (same text):
G. Sabbatucci-V. Vidotto, Il mondo contemporaneo, Laterza, 2019 (capp. 2-29)
Support text (optional):
A. Brancati, T. Pagliarani, Dialoghi fra storia e futuro, vol. III: Novecento e Duemila, La Nuova Italia, 2023
All students are requested to subscribe to the Moodle channel of their academic year's course: informations about lectures, programmes, exams, etc. are given through Moodle. The lecturer does NOT use the course Teams groups.
Attendance
In person and at the same time online (blended)Type of evaluation
Final written exam (one part with closed-ended questions and one part with open-ended questions) As alternative: final written exam (33 closed-ended questions)