FACULTY OF ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES SYLLABUS FOR M. PHIL. (HISTORY) (SEMESTER: I) (Under Credit Based Continuous Evaluation Grading System) Examinations: 2014-15 GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY AMRITSAR Note: (i) Copy rights are reserved. Nobody is allowed to print it in any form. Defaulters will be prosecuted. (ii) Subject to change in the syllabi at any time. Please visit the University website time to time. 1 M.PHIL. (HISTORY) (Under Credit Based Continuous Evaluation Grading System) Subject Code/Course Code/Credit Structure and Semester-wise Scheme for Courses and Course Numbering 1. Subject Code Department Specialization Subject Code History History HS 2. Course Codes Department Degree Course Code History M. Phil History HSY 3. Credit Structure (per week) Semester Core Elective Interdisciplinary Total I 10 0 3 13 II 02 0 0 02 Total 12 0 03 15 4. Semester-wise Scheme of Course a. Programme Code: HSY M. Phil History Department of History Semester-I Core Courses (C) Course No. Course Title L T P Total Credits HSL 601 Philosophy of History 3 0 0 3 HSL 602 Research Methodology 3 1 0 4 Any one of the following HSL 603 India (1200-1750): Socio-Economic History 3 0 0 3 HSL 604 India (1857-1947): Society and Politics 3 0 0 3 HSL 605 The Punjab (1500-1849): Society and Economy 3 0 0 3 HSL 606 The Punjab (1849-1947): Society and Economy 3 0 0 3 2 M.PHIL. (HISTORY) (Under Credit Based Continuous Evaluation Grading System) M.PHIL. HISTORY (SEMESTER SYSTEM) Semester-I Teaching Hrs. Per Week* HSL 601 Philosophy of History 3 HSL 602 Research Methodology 4 Any ONE of the following: HSL 603 India (1200-1750): Socio-Economic History 3 HSL 604 India (1857-1947): Society and Politics 3 HSL 605 The Punjab (1500-1849): Society and Economy 3 HSL 606 The Punjab (1849-1947): Society and Economy 3 *including Library-cum-Tutorial period. Note: • M. Phil. History Course work has been divided into two semesters. Semester I (July- December) and Semester II (January-June). The candidate is to opt one interdisciplinary paper from other departments. • Topics for thesis will be allocated by the Board of Control in the beginning of second Semester. One period per student per week will be assigned towards work-load of the supervisor. • Minor-I test will consist of 20 marks with one hour duration covering 33% of syllabus. • Minor-II test will consist of 20 marks with one hour duration covering 33 to 66% of syllabus. • Quiz will consist of 10 marks after second Minor test. • Major test will consist of 50 marks with three hours duration from the entire syllabus 3 M.PHIL. (HISTORY) (Under Credit Based Continuous Evaluation Grading System) Semester-II Sr. Course No. C/E/I Course Title L T P Total No. Credits 1 HSL 607 C Seminar 0 2 0 2 Thesis Work SCHEME : Credits HSL 607 Seminar 2 Thesis Work *including Library-cum-Tutorial period. Note: • M. Phil. History Course work has been divided into two semesters. Semester I (July-December) and Semester II (January-June). The candidate is to opt one interdisciplinary paper from other departments. • Topics for thesis will be allocated by the Board of Control in the beginning of second Semester. One period per student per week will be assigned towards work-load of the supervisor. • Minor-I test will consist of 20 marks with one hour duration covering 33% of syllabus. • Minor-II test will consist of 20 marks with one hour duration covering 33 to 66% of syllabus. • Quiz will consist of 10 marks after second Minor test. • Major test will consist of 50 marks with three hours duration from the entire syllabus 4 M.PHIL. (HISTORY) (Under Credit Based Continuous Evaluation Grading System) SEMESTER-I HSL 601: PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY Credits: 3-0-0 UNIT–I 1. Purpose and Scope of History 2. Historical Evidence UNIT–II 3. Causation and Objectivity 4. History and Allied Disciplines: Geography, Political Science, Economics, Sociology UNIT–III 5. Greco- Roman, Rationalist Historical Thought 6. Historical Materialism and Post Modernism RECOMMENDED READING Jaques, Havet (ed.), Main Trends of Research in Social and Human Sciences, Part-2, Vol.I, Mouton Publishers, Unesco, The Hague 1978 (G. Barraclough, “History”) pp.227-487. Lambert, Peter and Phillipp Schofield (eds.), Making History: An Introduction to the History and Practices of a Discipline, Routledge, London,2008. Lemon, M.C., Philosophy of History: A Guide for Students, Routledge, London, 2008. Marwick, Arthur, The Nature of History ,Macmillan Students’ Edition , London,1976 (reprint). Meyerhoff, Hans,(ed.), The Philosophy of History in our Times, Doubleday Anchor Books, New York 1959. Nevins, Allan, The Gateway to History, Vora & Co,., Bombay 1968. Renier, G.J, History : Its Purpose and Method, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1961. Southgate, Beverley, History: What & Why: Ancient, Modern and Postmodern Perspectives, Routledge, London, 2008. Ahmad Aijaz, In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures, OUP, Delhi, 1995. Banga, Indu (ed.), Causation in History, IIAS, Shimla, 1992. Bloch, Marc, The Historian’s Craft, Vintage Books, New York, 1952. Brasher, N.H, The Young Historian, Oxford University Press, London 1970. Braudel, Fernand, On History, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1980 5 M.PHIL. (HISTORY) (Under Credit Based Continuous Evaluation Grading System) Carr, E.H. What is History? Pelican Paperback, London, 2001(Reprint) Clark, G. Kitson, The Critical Historian, Heinemann, London 1967. Collingwood, R.G., The Idea of History, Oxford Paperback, London, 1976 (reprint). Croce, Benedetto, History as the Story of Liberty, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1962. Elton, G.R., The Practice of History, Collins-Fontana Paperback, London, 1976. Fullbrook, Mary, Historical Theory, Routledge, New York, 2007. Gardiner, Patrick, The Nature of Historical Explanation, OUP, Oxford 1978. Harris, T., (ed.), Popular Culture in England c.1500-1850, Macmillan, London, 1995. Heller, Agnes, A Theory of History, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1982. Hobsbawm, Eric, On History, Abacus, London, 2008. Stern, Fritz (ed), Varieties of History: Form Voltaire to the Present Macmillan, London, 1970. Tosh, John, The Pursuit of History, Longman, London 1985. Webster, John C.B., An Introduction to History, The Macmillan Company of India, Delhi 1982. White, Hayden, Tropics of Discourse: Essays in Cultural Criticism, The Johns Hopkins University Press, London, 1990. 6 M.PHIL. (HISTORY) (Under Credit Based Continuous Evaluation Grading System) SEMESTER-I HSL 602: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Credits: 3-1-0 UNIT–I 1. Historical Method 2. Historical Explanation UNIT–II 3. Methods of Documentation and Presentation 4. Research Design UNIT–III 5. Quantitative Techniques 6. Computer Applications RECOMMENDED READING Ahuja, Ram, Research Methods, Rawat, Jaipur, 2007. Brazun, J and Graff, H.F., The Modern Researcher, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York 1970. Bloch, Marc, The Historian’s Craft, Vintage Books, New York, 1952. Brasher, N.H, The Young Historian, Oxford University Press, London 1970 Clark, G. Kitson, The Critical Historian, Heinemann, London 1967. Croxton, Frederick, E., Applied General Statistics, Prentice-Hall, New Delhi,1979. Elton, G.R., The Practice of History, Collins-Fontana Paperback 1976. Fischer, David Hackett, Historians’ Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London 1970. Floud, R, An Introduction to Quantitative Methods for Historians, Methuen, London 1973. Fullbrook, Mary, Historical Theory, Routledge, New York, 2007. Gardiner, Patrick,, The Nature of Historical Explanation, OUP, Oxford, 1978. Goode, William J and Paul K. Hatt, Methods in Social Research, McGraw-Hill, New Delhi,1990. Heller, Agnes, A Theory of History, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1982. Jaspal Singh, Methodology and Techniques of Social Research, Kanishka, New Delhi, 2000. 7 M.PHIL. (HISTORY) (Under Credit Based Continuous Evaluation Grading System) Jaques, Havet (ed), Main Trends of Research in Social and Human Sciences, Part- 2 Vol-I,. Mouton Publishers, Unesco, The Hague 1978 (G. Barraclough, “History”) pp 227-487. Mills, C. Wright, The Sociological Imagination, OUP, London, 1976. Richard, H, Science and History: A Critique of Positivist Epistemology, D. Van, Nostrand Company, Princeton, 1962. Southgate, Beverley, History: What & Why: Ancient, Modern and Postmodern Perspectives, Routledge, London, 2008. Tosh, John, The Pursuit of History, Longman, London 1985. Turabian, Kate L, A Manual for Writing of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1973(4th ed). Webster, John C.B., An Introduction to History, The Macmillan Company of India, Delhi 1982. 8 M.PHIL. (HISTORY) (Under Credit Based Continuous Evaluation Grading System) SEMESTER-I HSL 603: INDIA (1200-1750): SOCIO- ECONOMIC HISTORY Credits: 3-0-0 UNIT I 1. Agricultural Production, Landed Rights and Village Organization. 2. Mansabdari System and Jagirdars UNIT II 3. Urbanization 4. Non-Agricultural Production and artisan and craftsman UNIT III 5 Internal and External Trade; Mercantile Classes and Middle Classes 6 Review of Literature: Writings of Irfan Habib and Satish Chandra. BIBLIOGRAPHY Ashraf, K.M., Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan, Munshiram Manoharlal, Delhi, 1970(2nd Ed.) Athar Ali, The Mughal Nobility Under Aurangzeb, Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1998. _______.,The Apparatus of the Empire: Award of Ranks Offices and Titles to Mughal Nobility, 1574-1658,Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1986. _______.,Mughal India: Studies in Polity, Ideas, Society and Culture, New Delhi, 2006. Banga, Indu (ed), The City in Indian History, Manohar Publications, New Delhi, 1991. Dasgupta, Ashin and M.N. Pearson (eds.) India and Indian Ocean 1500-1800, Calcutta, 1987. Dilbagh Singh, The State, Landlords and Peasants, Manohar Publications, New Delhi 1990. Farooqi, A.A., The Economic Policy of the Sultans of Delhi 1206-1555, Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi 1986. Gopal, Surendra, Commerce and Craft in Gujrat: 16th and 17th Centuries, PPH, New Delhi 1978. Gupta S.P., The Agrarian System of Eastern Rajasthan, Manohar , NewDelhi,1986 Grewal, J.S., Muslim Rule in India: Assessment of British Historians, Oxford University Press, London, 1978.