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FACULTAD DE LENGUAS Y ESTUDIOS EXTRANJEROS
HISTORIA INGLESA Y NORTEAMERICANA DEL SIGLO XX
PLAN: 2012
HORAS SEMANALES: 6
CUATRIMESTRAL
PROFESORES A CARGO: ALEJANDRO CASTIGLIONE y MARICEL
ROLDÁN
AÑO ACADEMICO: 2013
PROGRAMA ANALÍTICO
OBJETIVOS GENERALES
1.
Que el alumno identifique, caracterice, analice, relacione, integre en
estructuras lógicas y se interese por los hechos históricos en sus aspectos
políticos, económicos, sociales, ideológicos, militares y culturales.
2. Que el alumno desarrolle su capacidad de análisis y espíritu crítico y pueda
emitir juicios de valor y opiniones fundadas sobre los diferentes hechos
culturales e históricos leídos.
3. Que el alumno pueda reseñar la evolución histórica del Reino Unido y de
los E.E.U.U. dentro del contexto mundial hasta el presente y establecer
comparaciones con las instituciones del país.
4. Que el alumno a través de la Historia pueda mejorar su conocimiento de sí
mismo y de sus semejantes y del mundo actual, y aceptar con respeto y
tolerancia los puntos de vista y conceptos diferentes de los propios.
CONTENIDOS
A. British and European Section
1. The Victorian Era. Major concerns in internal politics. The role of the
monarchy. Gladstone and Disraeli. The Liberal Party and the
Conservative Party. Foreign policy. The British Empire. The system of
representation.
2. The New Imperialism and the European Context at the Beginning of
the Twentieth Century. The build-up of empires and the European
context. The partition of Africa. The Boer War. The continental system of
Alliances. The ambitions of the six European powers and the causes of
WWI.
3. Social History in the first decades of the Twentieth Century. The rise
of Socialism. Balfour. Imperial federation and tariff reform. The Irish
question.
4. World War I. The approach of war. The Entente. Germany. Armaments
and crises. The outbreak of the war. The War Fronts. The Home Front.
The role of women. The Russian Revolution. The Peace Treaties.
5. Lloyd George and the Post-war Problems. The European Settlement.
Ireland. Lloyd George and Labour. Losses in Foreign Trade. The first
Labour government. Politics and Depression. Baldwin’s Second Ministry.
6. Society in the Nineteen Twenties and Thirties. The Struggle for
Peace. Society. Industry. Britain and dictators. Totalitarianism. The
Spanish Civil War. Chamberlain and Appeasement.
7. The Second World War. European conflicts leading to the outbreak of
WWII. Mussolini. Hitler. Stalin. The Blitzkrieg. The Battle of Britain. North
Africa and the Mediterranean. The role of the USA. The invasion of
Europe. The collapse of the Third Reich. The Home Front during the war.
8. Post-war Britain and the Welfare State. The Labour Cabinet. The
Economic Problem. Nationalisation. Legislation. Consensus Politics.
Managed Economy. Churchill and the Conservatives. India. Egypt.
Palestine. The Suez Crisis.
9. From Empire to Commonwealth. Development of Dominions. The
Commonwealth. Decolonisation of the British Empire.
10. Britain enters Europe. Edward Heath and the miners. Callaghan.
Northern Ireland. Margaret Thatcher and the return of the Right. EFTA.
The EEC.
11. The European Union. Britain’s international position. Entry to Europe.
Maastricht. Key institutions of the European Union. Reasons for British
Difficulties. Effects of membership on British politics. The EMU.
12. Understanding British Politics. The British Model. Continuity and
Change. Representative Democracy. Social Structure. Geography. Postwar decline.
13. A United Kingdom? The United Kingdom. The Irish Question.
Community and nationality. Nationalism. Race. Class. Political
significance of social class.
14. The Constitution. A liberal democratic constitution. Sources.
Responsible
government.
Ministerial
responsibility.
Collective
responsibility. The monarchy. Parliamentary sovereignty. Pressures for
change. The constitution. Interpreting the constitution. Cabinet and Prime
Minister. Local government and decentralisation.
CONTENIDOS
B. American History Section
1. Civil War and Reconstruction. The Conservative Period. 1865-1900.
The Problems of Reconstruction. Postwar economic problems. Economic
growth after the Civil War. Railroads and industries. The Far West and
the New South. Political Developments. The Aggressive Foreign Policy
of the 1890s. Social Developments. Immigration.
2. The Progressive Era, 1901-1914. The Achievements of Theodore
Roosevelt. The Anti-monopoly enforcement by Roosevelt. Regulation of
Railroads. Foreign Relations. The Open Door Policy. The Boxer Uprising.
The Russo-Japanese War. The Panama Canal. Caribbean Relations
under Roosevelt: The Venezuelan Incident of 1902, The Drago Doctrine
and The Roosevelt Corollary. Relations with Europe. President Taft and
the Dollar Diplomacy. Achievements. The Republican Party and the
Democratic Party.
3. The Wilson Administration and World War I, 1913-1921. Wilson’s First
Term, 1913-1917. Wilson’s Programme of Reforms. Foreign Policy:
Panama, the Caribbean and the Purchase of the Virgin Islands. The
Revolution in Mexico. The First World War. The Difficulties of
Peacemaking. The Versailles Settlement. The League of Nations.
4. The Era of the Conservative Republicans, 1921-1933. Harding and
Coolidge. Internal Policy. The Washington Conference. Treaties.
Republican Business and Labour Politics. Economic and Social
Developments. Urban Prosperity and New Industries: the Automobile,
Aviation, Farming. Social Problems: The Prohibition, the Ku Klux Klan,
The Immigration Act of 1924. Life in the Twenties. President Hoover and
the Great Depression.
5. The New Deal, 1933-1939. F.D.Roosevelt’s Career. Philosophy of the
New Deal. The Banking Crisis. Monetary Reform. Agriculture. The
National Recovery Administration (NRA). The Tennessee Valley
Authority (TVA) and Utility Regulation. Housing. Banking Reforms.
Roosevelt and the Supreme Court. Changes in Organised Labour. U. S.
Foreign Affairs: The Good Neighbour Policy. Philippine Independence.
Relations with Europe.
6. World War II and the Fair Deal, 1941-1953. The U. S. in the Second
World War. The War in Asia. American Forces against the Axis in
Europe. The War in North Africa. The Invasion of Italy. The war against
Germany. The Battle of France. The German Surrender. The Home
Front. Production for war. War Financing. The Election of 1944. The
Truman Administration. The end of the War. Japan. Truman’s Fair Deal.
Internal Security. Immigration.
7. The Cold War. International Conferences. Early Postwar Problems. The
Occupation of Germany and Austria. The Occupation of Japan. The War
Crimes Trials. The Peace Treaties. Foreign Aid and Alliances. The
Truman Doctrine. The Marshall Plan. The North Atlantic Pact. The United
Nations. China after the war. The Korean War. The Recall of MacArthur.
The decline of Truman’s popularity and the election of 1952.
8. The Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1961. Eisenhower’s career and
politics. Internal Policy. Labour. Integration in schools. Desegragation.
McCarthyism. The Civil Rights Act of 1957. Foreign Affairs under
Eisenhower. Korea. Indo-China. Alliances in Asia. The Summit
Conference and European Relations. Crises in the Middle East and other
challenges in foreign affairs: The Suez Crisis. Hungary. The Eisenhower
Doctrine. Lebanon. The Weapons Race. Satellites. Cuba.
9. Social and Economic Developments since the Depression, 19331964. Population and class struggle. Population Growth and
Composition. Population Shifts. Movements to the suburbs. The Decline
of Rural America. Living Standards. Economic Changes. Economic and
social effects of the Depression and World War II. The role of
government in the Economy. Cultural and scientific advances. Education.
Culture in America.
10. The Kennedy-Johnson Administration, 1961-1969. The Election 1960.
Domestic Affairs. Space Exploration. National Defense. Nuclear
Weapons. Labour. Agriculture. The Monetary Problem. Trade Expansion.
Civil Rights. Legislation. The assassination of Kennedy. Foreign Affairs:
The Berlin Crisis. Cuba. ”Alliance for Progress” in Latin America. The
Cuban Missile Crisis. Relations with Europe and the Soviet Union. The
Common Market. Decolonisation in Asia and Africa. Changes in
international Relations. African American Unrest. The Vietnam War.
Space exploration and the Moon Landings.
11. The Nixon-Ford Administration, 1969-1977. Domestic Affairs. Inflation.
Social Developments. Foreign Affairs: Vietnam, China, the Soviet Union,
Latin America, Asia and Africa. The Watergate Scandal. Ford. Internal
and foreign policy.
12. The Carter Administration, 1977-1981. Domestic Developments. The
Energy Crisis. The Economy. The Hostage Crisis in Iran. The SALT
Talks. Afghanistan. The Panama Canal Zone. The Camp David
Agreements. China. Relations with Latin America. Social Changes in the
Seventies.
13. The Reagan Administration, 1981 – 1989. Reagan as President and
his philosophy of government. Reagonomics. Foreign Developments.
The Middle East. Israel. Egypt. The Iran-Irak War. The Soviet Union and
Eastern Europe. Latin America. Grenada. The U.S. Deficit. The Stock
Market Crash. The Legislative Agenda and the Supreme Court.
Terrorism. Lybia. Latin America. The Iran-Contra Affair. The Philippines.
The Soviet Union under Gorbachev. Social and Economic
considerations. NAFTA.
14. The George Bush Administration, 1989-1993. The Clinton
Administration, 1993 – 2001. Bush’s legislative and economic
programme. The Fall of the Soviet Union. Eastern Europe. Summit
Meetings. Nuclear Weapons. The Invasion of Panama. The Gulf War.
The “New World Order”. Clinton’s Programme. The Economy. Foreign
Policy: Bosnia and Serbia. Somalia. NATO. North Korea. Vietnam.
Section A:
BIBLIOGRAFÍA OBLIGATORIA
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Todd, A. & Curti, P., The Rise of the American Nation, 1978, Harcourt
Brace.
Grob, B. Interpretations of American History, Vol. II: since 1865, 1990,
Columbia.
Wilson, R., et al., The Pursuit of Liberty: A History of the American People,
1990, Columbia.
Klose, Nelson and Lader, Curt, United States History: Since 1865, 1994,
Barrons.
Zinn, Howard, The Twentieth Century, A People’s History, Revised and
Updated Edition, 1998, Harper Perennial.
Heffernan, Nick, Capital, Class & Technology in Contemporary American
Culture, Projecting Post-Fordism, 2001, Pluto Press.
Fukuyama, Francis, The Great Disruption, Human Nature and the
Reconstruction of Social Order, 2000, Simon & Schuster.
Maidment, Richard, and Dawson, Michael, The United States in the
Twentieth Century, Key Documents, 1999, Second Edition, Hodder and
Stoughton.
BIBLIOGRAFÍA GENERAL
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Armstrong, P. et al., Capitalism since 1945, 1991, Penguin.
Atwater, E. et al., World Tensions, Conflict and Accommodation, 1977,
Pennsylvania State University.
Hobsbawm, Eric, The Age of Extremes, 1994,
Section B:
BIBLIOGRAFÍA OBLIGATORIA
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Kavanagh, Dennis, and Morris, Peter, Consensus Politics, From Attlee to
Major, 1995, Making Contemporary Britain, Institute of Contemporary British
History, Blackwell.
Fisher, Justin, British Political Parties, 1996, Contemporary Political
Studies, Prentice Hall Harvester Wheatsheaf.
Prall, Stuart E. and Willson, David Harris, A History of England, Volume II,
1603 to the Present, 1991, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc.
Kavanagh, Dennis, British Politics, Continuities and Changes, 1998, Third
Edition, Oxford.
BIBLIOGRAFÍA GENERAL
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MacNall Burns, E. , Western Civilizations, 1979, Oxford.
Hobsbawm, E., The Age of Extremes, 1998, Abacus.
Hobsbawm, E. ,The Age of Empire, 1985, Abacus.
Bogdanor, R. , The British Constitution, 1998, Verso.
Anderson, Perry, English Questions, 1991, Verso.
PLAN DE TRABAJO DE LA CÁTEDRA
METODOLOGÍA DE LA ENSEÑANZA
Se empleará el método inductivo deductivo, el análisis iconográfico, el diálogo
participativo, la exposición, la lectura y comentario, la confección de mapas, la
lectura de gráficos y estadísticas, comentarios sobre lecturas previas y puesta
final en común. Se trabajará con fuentes primarias para la formación del
pensamiento crítico. Se introducirán diferentes visiones historiográficas para
brindar al alumno autonomía de criterio.
CRITERIOS DE EVALUACIÓN
Habrá un parcial escrito y su recuperatorio. Se evaluarán trabajos prácticos
tanto individuales como grupales, la interpretación de fuentes, mapas, cuadros,
gráficos, etc. , el uso de terminología y registro adecuado a las ciencias
sociales, la comprensión del basamento fáctico, de las fuentes primarias
seleccionadas y de los textos de nivel universitario sobre temas históricos,
económicos, sociales, o historiográficos, la confección de diagramas, sinopsis,
resúmenes, o informes.
HORARIO PARA LA ATENCIÓN DE ALUMNOS
Durante una hora y media después de la clase en la primera semana del mes.