Master of history (Choice Based Credit System)

Unit-III 20 Marks

1. 
   Commercial Revolution – Commercial Capitalism and mercantilism, Period of Mercantilism, Factors responsible for the birth of Mercantilism.
   
2. 
   Rise of Enlightened Despots.
   

Louis XIV of France

Fredrick the Great of Prussia.

3. 
   Peter the Great and Catharine of Russia
   

Maria Theresa and Joseph II of Austria.

Unit-IV 20 Marks

1. 
   Agrarian Revolution in England-Meaning, Factors, Effects etc.
   
2. 
   Industrial Revolution in England-Causes, Major Inventions, Effects etc.
   
3. 
   American war of Independence: Causes, Events & Effects.
   

Internal Assessment 20 Marks

Books Recommended:

1. 
   C.J.H. Hayes - History of Modern Europe Vol. I & II
   
2. 
   H.A.L. Fisher - A History of Europe
   
3. 
   G. Barraclough - An introduction to contemporary History
   
4. 
   Meenakshi Phukan - Rise of the Modern West
   
5. 
   Andrews, Stuart - Sixteenth Century Europe
   
6. 
   E- Lipson - Europe in the 19^th& 20^th Centuries
   
7. 
   C.D. Hazen - Europe upto 1945
   
8. 
   C.D.M. Ketelbey - A History of modern Times
   
9. 
   L.C.B. Seaman - From Vienna to Versailles
   
10. 
    The New Cambridge Modern History of Europe