Università Roma Tre

Storia contemporanea C – I modulo a.a. 2015/2016
Unit 1 – 36 hours - 6 CFU
This unit is a general course of contemporary history, considered as the study of the evolution of modern industrial and post-industrial societies in the western world. Even though the historical watershed of the first industrial revolution is analyzed at first, the course deals mainly with the period going from the second industrial revolution to the end of the 20th century. An overview of the recent trends in contemporary historiography (la “Nuova Storia”) is included.

UNIT I (6 CFU):
- A TEXTBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY FROM THE SECOND INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION TO THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL (ABOUT FROM 1870 TO 1989), AS THE VOLUMES BY G. SABBATUCCI/V. VIDOTTO OR BY A.M. BANTI OR BY P. VIOLA;
- P. BURKE ED., "LA STORIOGRAFIA CONTEMPORANEA", LATERZA, ROMA_BARI 1993 (ONLY THE INTRODUCTION AND AN ESSAY AT STUDENT'S CHOICE);
(SUGGESTED READING: D. LANDES, PROMETEO LIBERATO (THE UNBOUND PROMETHEUS), EINAUDI, TORINO 2000 (FIRST 5 CHAPTERS)