Předměty

Přednáška nabízí souhrnný přehled novodobých amerických dějin. Jejím cílem je seznámit studenty se základní problematikou amerických dějin od počátku anglické kolonizace přes občanskou válku, vstup USA do světového dění v roli mocnosti ve 20. století až po současnost. Důraz je rovnoměrně rozložen mezi vnitřní a zahraniční politikou. Přednáška je vedena v anglickém jazyce.

Poslední úprava: UAAZNOJE (17.07.2006)

OBJECTIVES
The lecture offers a survey of the history of the United States, from the time of its origin to the present.

PROGRAM
1.Colonial America 1580-1750
Discoveries. Colonial Roots. The Road to Revolution.
2.Revolutionary America, 1750-1815
The Revolution. Washington, Jefferson, Franklin. Transition to Jacksonian Era. War of 1812.
3.Democratic America, 1815-1850
Monroe Doctrine. Federalists, Republicanism, Sectionalism. Jackson. Manifest Destiny. The Old South.
4.America and the Civil War, 1850-1870
Crisis of the Union. The War and Lincoln
5.Industrial America, 1870-1912
Reconstruction.
6.Industrialization.
Post War Expansion. Urbanization. Immigration.
7.America as a "melting pot", 1912-1929
Wilson. World War I. "Isolationism", "Normalcy" and "Depression"
8.America as a Superpower, 1929-1945
From Isolation to Global War. New Deal. F.D. Roosevelt. World War II.
9.America and the Cold War, 1945-1961
Truman. War in Korea, "Containment". Deadlock in Eisenhower Years.
10.America as a country that solves and makes problems, 1960-1969
Kennedy and Johnson: From New Frontiers through Great Society to Vietnam
11.America: Rise and Fall of Détente, 1969-1980
Rebellion and Reaction. Nixon and Watergate, Democratic intermezzo: Jimmy Carter
12.America: From Cold War to Old War, 1980-1989
From Collapse of Détente to Fall of Iron Curtain. Reagan and Rebirth of American Self-confidence
13.America in the Post-Cold War Era, 1989-
New World Order? Problems after the End of Bipolar World

MATERIALS
Tindall, George Brown and Shi, David E., America: a narrative history, New York, London, W.W. Norton & Co., 1993.
Purvis, Thomas L., Encyklopedie dějin USA, Praha, Ivo Železný, 1999.
LaFeber Walter, The American Age. United States Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad since 1750, New York, London, W.W. Norton & Co., 1989.
Johnson, Paul, Dějiny amerického národa, Praha, Academia,2000.

NOTE
The Lectures are selective and do not provide a complete survey of the History of the USA.

ASSESSMENT
Oral examination based on knowledge of the topics and problems discussed in the lecture.

Poslední úprava: UAAZNOJE (04.03.2004)

Tindall, George Brown and Shi, David E., America: a narrative history (New York, London: W.W. Norton & Co., 1993)

Purvis, Thomas L., Encyklopedie dějin USA (Praha: Ivo Železný, 1999)

LaFeber Walter, The American Age. United States Foreign Policy at Home and Abroad since 1750 (New York, London: W.W. Norton & Co., 1989)

Johnson, Paul, Dějiny amerického národa (Praha: Academia, 2000)

Poslední úprava: UAAZNOJE (27.05.2008)

přednáška

Poslední úprava: UAAZNOJE (27.05.2008)

PROGRAM

1.Colonial America 1580-1750

Discoveries. Colonial Roots. The Road to Revolution.

2.Revolutionary America, 1750-1815

The Revolution. Washington, Jefferson, Franklin. Transition to Jacksonian Era. War of 1812.

3.Democratic America, 1815-1850

Monroe Doctrine. Federalists, Republicanism, Sectionalism. Jackson. Manifest Destiny. The Old South.

4.America and the Civil War, 1850-1870

Crisis of the Union. The War and Lincoln

5.Industrial America, 1870-1912

Reconstruction.

6.Industrialization.

Post War Expansion. Urbanization. Immigration.

7.America as a "melting pot", 1912-1929

Wilson. World War I. "Isolationism", "Normalcy" and "Depression"

8.America as a Superpower, 1929-1945

From Isolation to Global War. New Deal. F.D. Roosevelt. World War II.

9.America and the Cold War, 1945-1961

Truman. War in Korea, "Containment". Deadlock in Eisenhower Years.

10.America as a country that solves and makes problems, 1960-1969

Kennedy and Johnson: From New Frontiers through Great Society to Vietnam

11.America: Rise and Fall of Détente, 1969-1980

Rebellion and Reaction. Nixon and Watergate, Democratic intermezzo: Jimmy Carter

12.America: From Cold War to Old War, 1980-1989

From Collapse of Détente to Fall of Iron Curtain. Reagan and Rebirth of American Self-confidence

13.America in the Post-Cold War Era, 1989-

New World Order? Problems after the End of Bipolar World

Poslední úprava: UAAZNOJE (27.05.2008)