HIB0393 American Society and the Civil War

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marek Vlha, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Malíř, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 16:40–18:15 B21
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/25, only registered: 0/25, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/25
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Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- know the main facts about the American Civil War
- understand its significance in the history of the US
- understand the process of creating historical memory
Syllabus
  • 1) Introduction, recommended literature
  • 2) American society until the 1850s
  • 3) Secession
  • 4) The conflict in 1861-1863
  • 5) Total war?
  • 6) From slavery to emancipation
  • 7) War and ethnic minorities
  • 8) The conflict in 1863-1865
  • 9) Reconstruction era
  • 10) Second life and heritage of the civil war
  • 11) Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith (1st part), with comment
  • 12) Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith (2nd part), with comment
  • 13) Credit
Literature
  • Dolínek, Vladimír. Účast Čechů v americké občanské válce. Historie a vojenství, 4/1991, s. 3-17.
  • Chesnut, Mary Boykin. A Diary from Dixie. New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1905.
  • Vlha, Marek. Historie psaná bleskem. Zrození národa podle Davida Warka Giffitha. Dějiny a Současnost 30, 2008, č. 4, s. 14-17.
  • Vlha, Marek. Ženy ve víru americké občanské války. Historický Obzor 19, 2008, č. 3/4, s. 66-81.
  • Willey, Bell Irvin. The Life of Johny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy. Baton Rouge: Luisiana State University Press, 1943.
  • HUTEČKA, Jiří. Země krví zbrocená : americká občanská válka, 1861-1865. Vyd. 1. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2008, 564 s. ISBN 9788071069553. info
  • HUTEČKA, Jiří. Generál a jeho historikové : Robert E. Lee a americká historiografie. 1. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2005, 220 s. ISBN 8024410893. info
  • KŘÍŽEK, Leonid. Americká občanská válka. Illustrated by K. M. Toman. 1. vyd. Praha: X-Egem, 1994, 155 s. : i. ISBN 80-85395-54-1. info
  • Major problems in the Civil War and reconstruction :documents and essays. Edited by Michael Perman. Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath and Company, 1991, xiv, 598 s. ISBN 0-669-20148-0. info
  • MCPHERSON, James M. Battle cry of freedom : the civil war era. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988, 904 s. ISBN 0195038630. info
  • FONER, Eric. Reconstruction : America's unfinished revolution 1863-1877. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row, publishers, 1988, xxvii, 690. ISBN 006091453X. info
  • CATTON, William Bruce. The army of the Potomac :a stillness at Appomattox. London: White Lion, 1975, x, 438 s. ISBN 0-7274-0033-9. info
Teaching methods
lectures
interpretation of historical sources
discussions
Assessment methods
- writing a review
- oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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