CODE | 104501 |
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ACADEMIC YEAR | 2022/2023 |
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SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR | SPS/05 |
LANGUAGE | Italian |
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SEMESTER | 2° Semester |
TEACHING MATERIALS | AULAWEB |
The teaching aims to provide tools and critical skills for a knowledge of history of the United States and Canada, bringing the student closer to the use of documentary sources and the complexity of historiographic interpretations.
The course covers the history of North America from its early stages till September 11th. It offers highlights of sub-continent’s history that allowed led to Canada and United States of today. The target of the course is to provide students with a general knowledge of the first three centuries of Northern American history.
The teaching aims to provide students with an introduction to the political, economic and social issues of North America (Canada and the United States) history. The teaching also offers a basic knowledge of the history of this sub-continent with particular reference to the specific cultures that have made it so peculiar. The aim of it will therefore be to provide the skills to make thematic and cultural links between the historical dynamics dealt with, also considering the mutual influence in the developing process.
A good knowledge of written and spoken Italian is necessary to pass the exam
36-hour teaching equivalent to 6 CFU and 54 hours equivalent to 9 CFU.
Attendance is not compulsory but warmly recommended.
The course, for the academic year 2022/2023, will take place through classroom lectures.
The same will in any case be registered and made available in Aulaweb at the link of the course.
Distance learning will be used, through the TEAMS platforms, only in the case of a Red weather alarm when all the University offices are closed.
The teaching assigns from 6 to 9 credits according to the program of each student. It is also the same program for non-attending students.
For 6 CFU teaching
The teaching (36 hours of lessons) illustrates the history of North America from the colonial age until the beginning of the 21st century up to the attacks of September the 11th 2001. It is about the historical evolution of the region that gave rise to today Canada and United States . The aim of the teaching is to provide students with a general knowledge of the first three centuries (18th,19th and 20th sec.) of North American history. Attendance at lessons is required. To pass the exam it is necessary to study the books listed in the bibliography.
For 9 CFU teaching
In addition to what is indicated for the 6 CFU teaching, the second part of the teaching (18 hours of lessons) will deepen the history of New Deal from 1929 Big Crash to the Thirties reforms.
Syllabus
Bibliography for the 6 cfu program
Point 1. a volume chosen from the following :
- Stefano Luconi, La "nazione indispensabile". Storia degli Stati Uniti dalle origini a Trump, Le Monnier, Firenze, 2020;
- Arnaldo Testi, La formazione degli Stati Uniti, Bologna, il Mulino, 2013;
- Arnaldo Testi, Il secolo degli Stati Uniti, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014;
Point 2: in addition to the study of one of the volumes listed in point 1, the student must also deepen a volume chosen from the following:
- Tiziano Bonazzi, La rivoluzione americana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018;
- Enrico Dal Lago, Lincoln, Roma, Salerno Ed., 2022;
- Ferdinando Fasce, I presidenti USA. Due secoli di storia, Roma, Carocci, 2008;
- Tania Groppi, Il Canada, Bologna, il Mulino, 2006;
- Jonathan Scott Holloway, Breve storia degli afroamericani, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2022;
- Raimondo Luraghi, La guerra civile americana. Le ragioni e i protagonisti del primo conflitto industriale, Milano, Rizzoli, 2013;
- Aram Mattioli, Mondi perduti. Una storia dei nativi nordamericani, 1700-1910, Torino, Einaudi, 2019;
- Kiran Klaus Patel, Il New Deal. Una storia globale, Torino, Einaudi, 2018;
- Elisabetta Vezzosi, Mosaico americano. Società e cultura negli USA contemporanei, Roma, Carocci, 2005.
Bibliografy for the 9 cfu program
Point 1: to read the two volumes indicated below
- Arnaldo Testi, La formazione degli Stati Uniti, Bologna, il Mulino, 2013;
- Arnaldo Testi, Il secolo degli Stati Uniti, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2014;
Point 2: in addition to the study of one of the volumes listed in point 1, the student must deepen a volume chosen from the following:
- Tiziano Bonazzi, La rivoluzione americana, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2018;
- Enrico Dal Lago, Lincoln, Roma, Salerno Ed., 2022;
- Ferdinando Fasce, I presidenti USA. Due secoli di storia, Roma, Carocci, 2008;
- Tania Groppi, Il Canada, Bologna, il Mulino, 2006;
- Jonathan Scott Holloway, Breve storia degli afroamericani, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2022;
- Raimondo Luraghi, La guerra civile americana. Le ragioni e i protagonisti del primo conflitto industriale, Milano, Rizzoli, 2013;
- Aram Mattioli, Mondi perduti. Una storia dei nativi nordamericani, 1700-1910, Torino, Einaudi, 2019;
- Kiran Klaus Patel, Il New Deal. Una storia globale, Torino, Einaudi, 2018;
- Elisabetta Vezzosi, Mosaico americano. Società e cultura negli USA contemporanei, Roma, Carocci, 2005.
Office hours: Tuesday 1 - 2.30 p.m., 2 S. Sabina Square , II floor, room I.32. Also it is by appointment to be agreed by email to the following address: maccariniroberto@libero.it fissare un appuntamento in altra data previa e-mail al seguente indirizzo: maccariniroberto@libero.it By appointment to be agreed by email to the following address: maccariniroberto@libero.it
ROBERTO MACCARINI (President)
FULVIA ZEGA
FERDINANDO FASCE (Substitute)
The course will start February 14, 2023, 10 a.m., at classroom 15, Albergo dei Poveri
Oral exam either at the end of the course and at all the scheduled dates.
Registration procedures for exams through University website are unchanged .
The test consists of an interview of varying duration that will allow to verify the student's skills. The evaluation parameters are: quality of the exposure; the correct use of the historiographic lexicon; the critical reasoning skills with respect to the program.
According to the number of students, thematic insights and individual presentations in oral form are required.
Date | Time | Location | Type | Notes |
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17/01/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Aula 18, AdP |
07/02/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Aula 18, AdP |
26/04/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Aula De Andrè - Piazza S. Sabina 2 |
16/06/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Aula E - Polo Didattico |
06/07/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Aula E - Polo Didattico |
07/09/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Aula A - Polo Didattico |
21/09/2023 | 10:00 | GENOVA | Orale | Aula A - Polo Didattico |
Students with SLD certification, disability or other special educational needs are advised to contact the teacher at the beginning of the course. These students will be granted the compensatory / dispensatory tools recognized by the University. Contact Person for the Department Prof.ssa Sara Dickinson.