M.A. HISTORY

Paper I- Historiography Unit-I (a) Meaning and scope of History, Concept of History (b) History and other Disciplines, Nature of History: Whether Science or Art Unit-II (a) Relation between facts and interpretation, Problem of objectivity and bias, Value and subject matter of History- (b) Role and places of individual in History, Prediction and possibilities of Laws Unit-III (a) Traditions of Historical writings in Ancient and Medieval times: Greco-Roman traditions, Ancient Indian tradition, Medieval Historiography - Western, Arabic, Persian and Indian (b) Traditions of Historical Writings in Modern Times : Positivist, Classical, Marxist, Subaltern and Post-modernist Unit-IV (a) Modern trends in Western Historiography with special reference to Toynbee Spengler, Collingwood. (b) Modern trends in Indian Historiography with special reference to Indian Freedom Struggle Movement: Cambridge School, Marxist School, Romantic School and Subaltern School Unit-V (a) Trends of traditional Historiography in Rajasthan with special reference to Nensi, Bankidas. Col.Tod, Shyamal Das and Ojha (b) Trends of Modern Historiography in Rajasthan with special reference to Dashrath Sharma, Raghubeer Singh, Gopinath Sharma and Mathura Lal Sharma. Books Recommended: 1. E.H. Carr: What is History? (Also in Hindi) The Idea of History 2. R.G. Coolingwood: Lectures on the Philosophy of History 3. Hegel: An Introduction to the Philosophy of History 4. W.H. Walsh: History : Its Theory and Method, Macmillan India Ltd. Madras, Reprinted 1988 5. Sheikh Ali: bfrgkl Lo:i ,oa fl)kUr] jktLFkku fgUnh xFk vdkneh] t;ij] rhljk lLdj.k 6. G.C. Pande(Ed.): History, its Purpose and Methods, Boston, 1950 7. G.I. Renier: History of Historical Thinking, New York, 1942 8. Thompson: Avenues of History, London, 1952 Paper-II Twentieth Century World Unit I - World Order Upto 1919 (a) Legacy of Nineteenth Century, World on the eve of 20th Century (b) Emergence of First World War, Peace Settlement and its long term consequences, Emergence of Japan as an imperial power. (c) Russian Revolution, Establishment of a Socialist State - its economic and political aspects Unit II - World Upto 1945 (a) Working of the League of Nations, Collective Security, Great Depression, The New Deal (b) Ideologies of Nazism and Fascism : Germany, Italy and Japan (c) Second World War - Origin, nature and results of the war Unit III - New Political Order (a) Nationalist Movements and Decolonization (b) Communist Revolution in China and its impact on World Politics, Rise of MaoTse -Tung (c) Cold War and its effects, NATO, Disintegration of Socialist Block Unit IV - World enters New Era (a) Non - Aligned Movement and Third World (b) UNO and the concept of World Peace, Regional Tensions : Palestine, Kashmir, Cuba, Korea and Vietnam (c) European Union, U.S. Ascendancy in the world Unit V - Age of Progress and Change (a) Industry, Agriculture, Science, Information and Communication technology (b) Civil Rights Movements, Aparthied and Feminism (c) Globalization and its economic and political impact (Note : Question may be asked on terminology of the period ) Books Recommended: 1. G.P. Gooch: History of Our Times 2. Walter Lippmann: The History of Cold War 3. The Cambridge Economic History of Europe, Vol. IV 4. The New Cambridge History of Europe, Vol V, VI & VII 5. Jain & Mathur: A History of Modern World (1500-2000 A.D.)