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Course Code: HIS4500104MJ/ HIS4500104MN

Rise of the Modern West

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Unit: 1 সামন্তবাদৰ পৰা (পুঁজিবাদলৈ) উত্তৰণ (Transition from feudalism to capitalism)
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Unit: 2 ভৌগোলিক আৱিষ্কাৰ আৰু প্ৰাৰম্ভিক ঔপনিৱেশিক সম্প্ৰসাৰণ (Geographical explorations and early colonial expansion)
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Unit: 3 নৱজাগৰণ (Renaissance)
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Unit: 4 ১৬ শতিকাৰ ধৰ্ম সংস্কাৰ আন্দোলন: উৎপত্তি আৰু প্ৰভাৱ (Reformation in the 16th century: Origin and impact)
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Unit: 5 ষোড়শ শতিকাৰ অৰ্থনৈতিক বিকাশ (Economic developments of the sixteenth century)
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Course Code: HIS4500204MJ

History of Europe (1648-1870 CE)

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Unit: 1 ৩০ বছৰীয়া যুদ্ধৰ অন্ত (End of Thirty Years' War)
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Unit: 2 সোতৰ আৰু ওঠৰ শতিকাত জাৰ্মানীৰ ৰাজ্যসমূহ (The Germanies in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries)
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Unit: 3 ফৰাচী বিপ্লৱ: প্ৰাচীন ব্যৱস্থাৰ সংকট (The French Revolution: Crisis of ancien regime)
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Unit: 4 ভিয়েনা সন্মিলন: ৰক্ষণশীল শক্তি আৰু পুৰণি শাসকীয় শ্ৰেণীৰ পুনৰ প্ৰতিষ্ঠা (Congress of Vienna: Forces of conservatism & restoration of old hierarchies)
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Unit: 5 পূৰ্বদেশীয় সমস্যা: ক্ৰিমিয়াৰ যুদ্ধ (The Eastern Question: The Crimean War)
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Course Code: HIS4500304MJ

Social and Economic History of India (1206-1757 CE)

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Unit: 1 সমাজ (১৩ শতিকাৰ পৰা ১৬ শতিকাৰ মাজভাগলৈ) / Society (13th-mid 16th century CE)
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Unit: 3 সমাজ (১৬ শতিকাৰ মাজভাগৰ পৰা ১৮ শতিকালৈ) / Society (mid-16th to 18th century CE)
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Unit: 4 অৰ্থনীতি (১৬ শতিকাৰ মাজভাগৰ পৰা ১৮ শতিকালৈ) / Economy (mid-16th to 18th century CE)
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Unit: 5 বিষয় আৰু বিতৰ্কসমূহ (Issues and Debates)
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Course Content
Unit I: Transition from feudalism (to capitalism)
  • Concepts of feudalism; regional variations
  • The Crisis of Feudalism
  • The Transition debate: Maurice Dobb and Paul Sweezy; Marc Bloch, Georges Duby; The Brenner Debate
Unit II: Geographical explorations and early colonial expansion
  • Factors and motives behind voyages and explorations
  • The conquests of the Americas
  • Beginning of the era of colonization
  • Mining and plantation; the African slaves.
Unit III: Renaissance
  • Origins of Renaissance
  • Humanism in Renaissance
  • Italian influence on Art, Architecture, Culture, Education and Polity; Northern Humanism
Unit IV: Reformation in the 16th century: Origin and impact
  • Martin Luther, John Calvin, Zwingli
  • The Radical Reformation: Anabaptists, Huguenots
  • English Reformation and the state
  • Counter Revolution
Unit V: Economic developments of the sixteenth century
  • Development of science: Renaissance to the 17th century
  • Shift of economic balance from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic
  • Agricultural revolution, Enclosure movement
  • Commercial Revolution; Influx of American silver and the Price Revolution.
  • Concepts of Mercantilism and Imperialism: Mercantilism in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Readings
  • Fisher, H.A.L. (1938). A History of Europe, Eyre and Spottiswoode, London
  • Sinha, Arvind, (2010). Europe in Transition from Feudalism to Industrialization, Manohar Books, Delhi.
  • Hayes, C.J.H. (1982), (Third Indian Reprint). Modern Europe Upto 1870, Surjeet Publications, Delhi.
  • Phukan, Meenaxi (2012). Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic History of Early Modern Europe, Trinity Press Pvt. Ltd
  • Aston, T.S. and Philpin, C.H.E. (Eds.), (1976). The Brenner Debate: Agrarian Class Structure and Economic Development in Pre-Industrial Europe, Cambridge University Press.
  • Butterfield, H. (1949), (1997 edition). The Origins of Modern Science. Free Press.
  • Cipolla, Carlo M. (1976). Fontana Economic History of Europe, vols. II and III. Barnes and Noble.
  • Cipolla, Carlo M. (1993), (3rdedition). Before the Industrial Revolution, European Society and Economy, 1000-1700
  • Dobb, Maurice (1947). Studies in the Development of Capitalism.
  • Hale, J.R. (2000). Renaissance Europe. Wiley Blackwell
  • Hall, A. Rupert (1963). From Galileo to Newton. Dover Publications Inc.
  • Hill, Christopher (2001). A Century of Revolutions: 1603-1714. Routledge
  • Hilton, Rodney (1950). Transition from Feudalism to Capitalism, Verso Books
  • Lee, Stephen J. (1984). Aspects of European History, 1494 - 1789. Routledge
  • Parker, G. (2001). Europe in Crisis. 1598- 1648. Wiley Blackwell
  • Vries, Jande (1976). Economy of Europe in an Age of Crisis 1600-1750. Cambridge University Press.
  • Bath, Slicher van (1963). The Agrarian History of Western Europe. AD. 500-1850. Cambridge University Press
  • Elton, G.R. (1956). Reformation Europe, 1517-1556, Harper Touchbooks
  • Gilmore, Myron P. (1962). The World of Humanism. 1453-1517. Harper Touchbooks
  • Kriedte, Peter (1983). Peasants, Landlords and Merchant Capitalists, Cambridge University Press.
  • Mathias, Peter (1969). The First Industrial Nation: The Economic History of Britain 1700–1914, Routledge
  • Miskimin, Harry A. (1975). The Economy of Later Renaissance Europe: 1300-1460, Cambridge University Press.
  • Nauert, Charles G. (1995). Humanism and the Culture of the Renaissance Europe, Cambridge University Press.
  • Rice, Eugene F., and Grafton, Antony (1994). The Foundations of Early Modern Europe 1460-1559. W.W. Norton and Company



History of Europe (1648-1870 CE)

Major: HIS4500204MJ
Course Content
Unit I
  • End of Thirty Years’ War
  • Treaty of Westphalia and the new state system
  • France under Henry IV, Richelieu and Mazarin
  • Era of Louis XIV
  • Bourbon succession to Spain
Unit II
  • The Germanies in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries
  • Russia: Careers of Peter the Great and Catherine the Great; Warm Water Policy
  • Conflict between Hohenzollern Prussia and Habsburg Austria
  • British expansion: successes against Spain and foundation of Overseas Empire
  • The British and American Revolutions: Causes and consequences
Unit III
  • The French Revolution: Crisis of ancient regime
  • Causes: Intellectual currents and emerging social classes.
  • Phases of the French Revolution,1789-99.
  • Napoleonic consolidation-reform and empire.
Unit IV
  • Congress of Vienna: Forces of conservatism & restoration of old hierarchies.
  • Revolutionary and Radical movements, 1830-1848.
  • Process of capitalist development in industry and agriculture: Case Studies of Britain, France, the German States and Russia.
  • Evolution and Differentiation of social classes: Bourgeoisie, Proletariat, landowning classes and peasantry.
Unit V
  • The Eastern Question: The Crimean War
  • Era of Second Napoleonic Empire: Napoleon III: ForeignPolicy
  • Unification of Italy
  • Unification of Germany
Readings
  • Hayes, C.J.H. (1953). Modern Europe to 1870
  • Lipson, E. (1960). Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century
  • Hobsbawm, E.J. (1962). The Age of Revolution, 1789-1848.
  • Baldwin, M.W. History of Europe (Relevant Chapters)
  • Thompson, D. Europe since Napoleon
  • Fisher, H.A.L. History of Europe, Book III
  • Cameron, Euan (Ed.) (2004). Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History, New Delhi.
  • Phukan, Meenaxi (2000). Rise of the Modern West: Social and Economic History of Early Modern Europe



Social and Economic History of India (1206-1757 CE)

Major: HIS4500304MJ
Course Content
Unit I: Society (13th-mid 16thcentury CE)
  • Emergence of a new nobility; Changes in rural society
  • Development of regional identities: art, architecture and literature
  • Bhakti movements and monotheistic traditions in South and North India; Women Bhaktas; Nathpanthis; Kabir, Nanak and the Sant tradition: Saguna and Nirguna
  • Ulema: Emergence and role
  • Sufi silsilas: Chishti and Suhrawardi; doctrines and practices; social roles; literature
Unit II: Economy (13th to mid-16th century CE)
  • Iqta and Iqtadari; revenue systems; revenue-free grants
  • Agricultural production; technology
  • Growth of urban centres Monetization; market regulations
  • Trade and commerce: Overland trade; Indian Ocean trade
Unit III: Society (mid-16th to 18th century CE)
  • Incorporation of Rajputs and other indigenous groups in Mughal nobility
  • Pressure from the ulema; Sufi mystical and intellectual interventions
  • Land rights and revenue system; Zamindars and peasants; rural tensions
Unit IV: Economy (mid-16th to 18th century CE)
  • Crafts and technologies; Monetary system
  • Markets; transportation; urban centres
  • Indian Ocean trade network
  • Extension of agriculture; agricultural production; crop patterns
  • Trade routes and patterns of internal commerce; overseas trade; rise of Surat
Unit V: Issues and Debates
  • Rural society: proliferation of castes; growth of artisanal groups
  • Women in Medieval India: Role in polity; Position in Society
  • 18th century debate: economic interpretations
Readings
  • Alavi, Seema (Ed.), (2008). The Eighteenth Century in Indian History, Oxford University Press
  • Chandra, Satish (2019). Medieval India from Sultanat to the Mughals, vols. I, II, HarAnand Publication
  • Majumdar, R. C. (Ed). The History and Culture of the Indian People, vols. VI
  • Chitnis, K. N. (1990). Socio- Economic History of Medieval India, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors.
  • Habib, Irfan (2013), (Third Edition). Agrarian System of Mughal India, 1556-1707, Oxford University Press.
  • Habib, Irfan (2011). Economic History of Medieval India, Pearson.
  • Habib, M. & Nizami. Comprehensive History of India, vol. V
  • Mehta, J. L. Advanced Study in History of Medieval India, vols. I & II
  • Nizami, K.A. Studies in Medieval Indian History and Culture.
  • Rashid, A. Society and Culture in Medieval India
  • Marshall, P.J. (Ed.), (2005). The Eighteenth Century in Indian History, Oxford University Press
  • Rizvi, S.A.A. (2005). The Wonder that was India, Part-II. A History of Sufism in India, Picador