CONTEMPORARY HISTORY

The course is divided into two parts. The first one aims at providing a general, basic knowledge, even if problematic and complex, of the history of the twentieth century, also considering the most updated intepretations offered by historiography. The second one will provide the opportunity to explore some topics by reading specific texts.

World War I; Russian Revolution; Europe between democracy and authoritarianisms; Soviet Communism; Fascism and Nazism; United States and the New Deal; Economy and Society during interwar period; the decline of Colonialism; World War II; Cold War; Decolonization; the Middle East; the Western world; the Communist world; crisis and recovery of the Western world; the fall of the Communist world; the Global era.

A. The twentieth century: History (4 CFU)

Books:

• A.M. Banti, L’Età contemporanea: dalla Grande guerra ad oggi. Roma - Bari, Laterza, 2009, 460 pp.

   

  B. The twentieth century: Interpretations (1 CFU)

  - A. M. Banti, Le questioni dell’età contemporanea, Laterza, Roma - Bari, 2010, (Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14).

   

  C. In-depth Analysis (1 CFU)

  It is required a critical reading of one of the following books:

  - A. Wood, La rivoluzione russa, Bologna il Mulino 1999, 137pp.

  - A. Fiori, L’Asia orientale dal 1945 ad oggi, il Mulino, 2010, 221 pp.

  - F. Paolini, Breve storia dell’ambiente nel Novecento, Carocci, 2009, 170 pp.

  - M. Del Pero, La Guerra Fredda, Roma, Carocci, 2001, 128 pp.

  - L. Rapone, Storia dell'integrazione europea, Roma, Carocci, 2015, 198 pp.

- R. Betts, La decolonizzazione, Bologna il Mulino, 2003, 190 pp.