Recommended Reading:

Recommended Reading

The following items are offered as incidental reading (the kind you can do in a spare hour or so at the College library). and are directed to those students with some interest in the topics covered who find, understandably, that they are dealt with too brief a fashion in the assigned textbook (in any textbook, for that matter)--thank God for the lectures, you say? The list is one that can grow, especially with the assistance of students who may suggest topics for inclusion (I'll find suitable readings). All the books referenced are held, according to their Call Numbers in the College library. I would prefer that you do this reading within the library and return the book to its proper place on the shelf when done, so that other interested students may have access; borrowing the book would defeat the purpose of this assistance.

The listings that follow are in the following order, line by line: TOPIC/SUBTOPIC----Library Call Number----Author----Title----Pages/Chapters

Early Industrial Revolution:
- Technol. Innovation: HC253/H3 J.C. Hammond, The Rise of Modern Industry, Ch. III, IX, XI
- The Urban Poor: DA533/R38 W.J. Reader, Victorian England, Ch. 4 & 5
- Unionism: HC254.5/B92 R. Brown,Society & Econ. in Modern Britain, pp. 328-39
- Public Health: HC254.5/B92 R. Brown, Society & Econ. In Modern Britain, pp. 424-27
- Political Reform: D299/C7 G. Craig, Europe since 1815, pp. 100-106
Social Thought
Science and Society
- The March of Technology: CB245/S752 J. Stipp et al., Rise and Development of Western Civilization, II, pp. 323-38
- Intellectual Developments: D299/T53 D. Thomson, Europe since Napoleon, pp. 250-61
Imperialism:
- Motives: D299/C7 G. Craig, Europe since 1815, pp.400-07
- Britain in Egypt: DT29/H34 R. Hallett, Africa since 1875, pp. 82-108
- France in Morocco: DT29/H34 R. Hallett, Africa since 1875, pp. 203-11
- Leopold's Congo: DT29/H34 R. Hallett, Africa since 1875, pp. 430-41
- German S.W. Africa: DT29/H34 R. Hallett, Africa since 1875, pp. 622-23
- Colonial Rivalry: D299/T53 D. Thomson,Europe since Napoleon, pp. 465-87
East Asia:
- CHINA
  - The Canton Trade: DS754/H74 I.C.Y. Hsu,The Rise of Modern China,pp. 183-212
  - The First Opium War: DS754/S65 J. Spence,The Search for Modern China, pp. 143-64
  - The Opium Wars: DS511/P4 N. Peffer, The Far East Ch. VI-VII
  - The Opium Wars: DS735/L43 Dun J. Li, The Ageless Chinese, pp. 391-99
  - Self-Strengthening: DS754/H74 I.C.Y. Hsu, The Rise of Modern China, pp. 333-52
- JAPAN
  - The Tokugawa Era: DS835/H266 M. Hane, Japan, pp. 158-78
  - Commodore Perry and after: DS835/H266 M. Hane, Japan, pp. 245- 62
  - Japan and Perry: DS511/P4 N. Peffer, The Far East, Ch. VIII- IX
  - The Meiji Restoration: DS511/P4 N. Peffer, The Far East, Ch. XIII-XIV
  - The Meiji Restoration: DS835/H266 M.Hane, Japan, pp. 262- 77, 280-91
  - Sino-Japanese War: DS835/H266 M. Hane, Japan, pp. 351- 57
  - Russo-Japanese War: ditto............. pp. 367-78
Bismarck's Germany
- German Unification: D299/C7 G. Craig, Europe since 1815, 204-20
- Bismarck and the Catholic Church: D299/C7 G. Craig, Europe since 1815, 344-46
- Bismarck and the Socialists: D299/C7 G. Craig, Europe since 1815, pp. 346-9
World War I:
- The Alliance System: D299/T53 D. Thomson, Europe since Napoleon, pp. 488-500
- The July Crisis: DD228.8/B38 V. Berghahn, Germany & the Approach of War, Ch. 10
- Treaty of Versailles: DD232/R9 A.J. Ryder, 20th c. Germany, pp. 201-08
- Treaty of Versailles: D644/S3713 G. Schulz, Revolutions & Peace Treaties , pp. 222-36
The Russian Revolution:
- The February Revolution: DK265/M79A A. Moorehead, The Russian Revolution, Ch. 9
- The October Revolution: DK265/M79A A. Moorehead, The Russian Revolution, Ch. 14
- The Role of Lenin: DK265.17/H55 R. Hingley, A People in Turmoil, pp. 88-129
Weimar Germany:
- The Rise of the Nazi party: DD232/R9 A.J. Ryder, Twentieth-Century Germany, pp. 283-300
- The Nazi Takeover: DD232/R9 A.J. Ryder, Twentieth-Century Germany, pp. 300-310
Stalin's Russia:
- The Five-Year Plan: DK266/C283313 H.C. Encausse, Stalin: Order through Terror, Vol. II, Ch. 2
- The Five-Year Plan: D424/B58 C.E. Black et al., Twentieth Century Europe, pp. 464-76
Hitler's Germany:
- Gleichschaltung: DD220/C72 G. Craig, Germany, 1866-1945, pp. 578- 590
- Origins of World War II: D741/P27 R. Parkinson, The Origins of World War II, Ch 3-6, 8-11
- The Road to War: DD220/C72 G. Craig, Germany, 1866-1945, pp. 697-713
- Munich Conference: D727/E9 K. Eubank, Munich, Ch. 20

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