Syllabus of History

The Star · #1 Tuesday, May 26, 2009

I opted for history in PMS.While selecting this subject I did not think even for a second as this is my subject and I was so confident that I did not go through the syllabus.when I read the syllabus I was amazed that the person who made syllabus of History paper-1 was such a bussy man that he just opened a single book and copied all its contents and got his job finished.this is ridiculous .The syllabus for History paper-1 is a combination of anthropology,political science and cultural history and all its contents are taken from C. A. Bayly’s book “The Birth of the MODERN WORLD 1780-1914”I do not think this kind of “history” is being taught in any department or university in Pakistan.I just want to salute the person who did this “Great Job”

Have a look at the syllabus and then at the contents of C. A. Bayly’s book “The Birth of the MODERN WORLD 1780-1914”

SYLLABUS FOR THE SUBJECT OF HISTORY OF MODERN WORLD
Total Marks: 100

History: Various Concepts of perceiving History.
Modern: Connotation of the terminology.
World: How the idea of world is perceived. Implications of world history.
1. TOWARDS GLOBALIZATION
Old Regimes and Archaic Globalization: Peasants and Lords, Dynamics of New
Politics, Archaic and Early Modern Globalization.
2. TRANSFORMATION FROM OLD REGIMES TO MODERNITY
The Last Great Domestication and Industrious Revolutions, New Patterns of Afro-
Asian Material Culture, Production and Trade, Trade Finance and Innovation: European
Competitive advantages, the development of Asian and African Publics.
3. CONVERGING REVOLUTIONS
Anatomy of the World Crisis (1720-1820), Sapping the legitimacy of the State:
From France to China Ideological origin of the modern left and the modern state,
Nationalities VS States and Empires. The Third Revolution: Polite and Commercial
Peoples Worldwide.
4. MODERN WORLD IN GENESIS
World revolutions (1815-1865), Emigration, New World Order: 1815-1865, Wars
of Legitimacy in Asia, Economic and Ideological Roots of Asian Revolutions, Hunger and Rebellion in Europe (1848-1851), American Civil War as a Global Event.
5. INDUSTRIALIZAION AND THE NEW CITY HISTORIANS
Industrialization, and Cities The Progress of Industrialization Poverty and the
Absence of Industry, Cites as Centers of Production, Consumption, and Politics The
Urban Impact of the Global Crisis, 1780-1820. Race and Class in the New Cities,
Working-Class Politics, Worldwide Urban Cultures and their Critics.
6. NATION, EMPIRE, AND ETHNICITY, C. 1860-1900
Theories of Nationalism, When was Nationalism Born? Perpetuating
Nationalisms: Memories, National Associations, and Print, From Community to Nation:
The Eurasian Empires Where we Stand with Nationalism, Peoples without States:
Persecution or Assimilation? Imperialism and its History: The Late Nineteenth Century
Dimensions of the “New Imperialism”. A World of Nation-States? The Persistence of
Archaic Globalization From Globalization to Internationalism in Practice.
7. MYTHS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF THE MODERN STATE DIMENSIONS OF
THE MODERN STATE
The State and the Historians, Problems of Defining the State, The Modern State
Takes Root: Geographical Dimensions Claims to Justice and Symbols of Power, The
State’s Resources, The State’s Obligations to Society Tools of the State, State,
Economy, and Nation.
8. THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF LIBERALISM, RATIONALISM,
SOCIALISM, AND SCIENCE
Contextualizing Intellectual History, The Corruption of the Righteous Republic: A
Classic Theme. Righteous Republics Worldwide, The Advent of Liberalism and the
Market: Western Exceptionalism? Liberalism and Land Reform: Radical Theory and
Conservative Practice, Free Trade or National Political Economy? Representing the
Peoples Secularism and Positivism: Transnational Affinites The Reception of Socialism
and its Local Resonances. Science in Global Context. Professionalization at World
Level.
9. SOCIAL AND INTELLECTUAL MOVEMENTS
Revolutionary Ideas, Philosophical and social trends.
10. Clash of Civilizations
11. Neo-Conservation
RECOMMENDED TEXTS AND LITERATURE REVIEWS
1. Dorinda Outram, The Body and the French Revolution
2. Frenc Feher, French revolution and the Birth of Modernity
3. H Kissinger, Diplomacy
4. J M Thompson, Napoleon Bonaparte: His Rise and Fall
5. E J Hobsbawn, The Age of revolution, 1789-1848
6. E J Hobsbawn, Nations and Nationalism since 1780: Programme, Myth,
Reality
7. P Pilbeam, The 1830 Revolution in France
8. Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of Great Powers
9. Owen Chadwick, The Secularization of European Mind in the Nineteenth
Century (1976)

The Birth of theMODERN WORLD 1780-1914
Global Connections and Comparisons
(C. A. Bayly)

PART I THE END OF THE OLD REGIME
1 Old Regimes and "Archaic Globalization"
Peasants and Lords
The Politics of Difference
Powers on the Fringes of States
Harbingers of New Political Formations
The Prehistory of "Globalization"
Archaic and Early Modern GlobalizationProspect
2 Passages from the Old Regimes to Modernity
The Last "Great Domestication" and "Industrious Revolutions"
New Patterns of Afro-Asian Material Culture, Production,and Trade
The Internal and External Limits of Afro-Asian "Industrious Revolutions"
Trade, Finance, and Innovation: European Competitive Advantages
The Activist, Patriotic State Evolves
Critical Publics
The Development of Asian and African Publics Conclusion: "Backwardness," Lags, and Conjunctures Prospect
3 Converging Revolutions, 1780-1820
Contemporaries Ponder the World Crisis
A Summary Anatomy of the World Crisis, 1720-1820
Sapping the Legitimacy of the State: From France to China
The Ideological Origins of the Modern Left and the Modern State
Nationalities versus States and Empires
The Third Revolution: Polite and Commercial Peoples Worldwide Prospect
PART II THE MODERN WORLD IN GENESIS
4 Between World Revolutions, c.1815-1865
Assessing the "Wreck of Nations"
British Maritime Supremacy, World Trade, and the Revival of Agriculture
Emigration: A Safety Valve?
The Losers in the "New World Order," 1815-1865
Problems of Hybrid Legitimacy: Whose State Was It?
The State Gains Strength, but not Enough
Wars of Legitimacy in Asia: A Summary Account
Economic and Ideological Roots of the Asian Revolutions
The Years of Hunger and Rebellion in Europe, 1848-1851
The American Civil War as a Global Event
Convergence or Difference?
Reviewing the Argument
5 Industrialization and the New City
Historians, Industrialization, and Cities
The Progress of Industrialization
Poverty and the Absence of Industry
Cities as Centers of Production, Consumption, and Politics
The Urban Impact of the Global Crisis, 1780-1820
Race and Class in the New Cities
Working-Class Politics
Worldwide Urban Cultures and their Critics
Conclusion
6 Nation, Empire, and Ethnicity, c.1860-1900
Theories of Nationalism
When was Nationalism?
Whose Nation?
Perpetuating Nationalisms: Memories, National Associations,and Print
From Community to Nation: The Eurasian Empires
Where We Stand with Nationalism
Peoples without States: Persecution or Assimilation?
Imperialism and its History: The Late Nineteenth Century
Dimensions of the "New Imperialism"
A World of Nation-States?
The Persistence of Archaic Globalization
From Globalization to Internationalism
Internationalism in Practice
Conclusion..

I have tried my level best to find C. A. Bayly’s book “The Birth of the MODERN WORLD 1780-1914”.i went to every book store in lahore but could not find .I tried to purchase this book from Blackwell Publishers but still waiting for delivery.can any of the members tell me about a place from where I can get this book?

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