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131-007 The World Since World War Two: 1945-1972 | |
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Note | Formerly available as 131-114. Students who have completed 131-114 prior to 1999 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. It is recommended that this subject be taken in conjunction with 131-008 The World Since World War Two: 1973-2000. |
Availability | 1st year |
Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 1 |
Coordinator | Antonia Finnane |
Semester | 1 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures, a 1-hour tutorial and an optional 1-hour film screening per week |
Subject Description | This subject deals with the history of the postwar world. Its principal theme is the theme of freedom: the different meanings of freedom and their expression in major historical movements. Thus there will be a comparison of the postwar Free World, and its economic and political institutions, with the postwar Communist bloc and its alternative reading of human emancipation. The subject will consider the challenges to European hegemony in the former colonial territories as well as the patterns of gender, race, ethnicity and belief in the postcolonial world. Domestic and international manifestations of the cold war, decolonisation and 60s cultural change will be examined. On completion of the subject students should have an understanding of postwar world history. |
Assessment | Class participation, written work and a short exam totalling 4000 words. |
Prescribed Texts | A subject reader will be available. |
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