英文版 美国英国历史

USA AND BRITISH HISTORY First Year Summer semester, 2 hrs per week, 3 credits . INSTRUCTORS: Wrocław University, Department of History. FORMAT: Lecture. CONTENT: The lecture focuses on the political and social history of the UK and USA. The discussion covers the following British topics: early history up to 1485, the reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII, the Reformation, the reign of Elizabeth I and the birth of the modern nation, the Puritan revolution and the Restoration, Enlightenment Britain, industrial revolution , the Victorian period, the XXc. overview. The American section comprises: Pre-Columbian cultures, Explorers from Europe, Virginian beginnings, Puritan New England, colonial life, Revolution, the formation of the new nation, years of growth and conflict, the Civil War, Reconstruction, railroads, cattlemen and farmers, the end of Indian America, industries, immigration, WWI, the 20s, the Great Depression, Roosevelt’s New Deal, WWII, prosperity and problems, Black America, the Cold War, contemporary politics. MATERIALS: Trevelyan, G. M.: History of England. Morgan, K. O.: Oxford History of Britain. Zinns: Historia Anglii. O’Callaghan, Bryan: An Illustrated History of the USA. An Outline of American History (USIS). OBJECTIVES: To provide students with essential knowledge about the history of the UK and USA, partly as background information for the study of literature, and partly to help students comprehend the modern development of both countries as rooted in history and tradition. ASSESSMENT: end-of-term examination.