A historical monograph is a book-length treatment of a particular topic through the lens of history. It is a secondary source, although all secondary sources are not monographs (let alone historical monographs). You can contrast the historical monograph with surveys<\/em> of periods or places or textbook<\/em> introductions to a topic.<\/p>\n For this assignment you would like to read an important historical monograph that makes a clear argument about the topic at hand. Reading the introduction, you should be able to understand: the topic of the book, the sources it is built upon, the author’s method, the argument, and where it fits into the larger historiography.<\/p>\n What is a historical monograph? A historical monograph is a book-length treatment of a particular topic through the lens of history. It is a secondary source, although all secondary sources are not monographs (let alone historical monographs). You can contrast … Continue reading How do I find an important historical monograph?<\/h1>\n
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A few examples of important historical monographs for our period (organized chronologically)<\/h1>\n
On the popular culture of imperialism in late nineteenth-century Europe:<\/h6>\n
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On modernism in France in the years before World War I:<\/h6>\n
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On the road to war:<\/h6>\n
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On the experience of the First World War:<\/h6>\n
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On work and gender<\/h6>\n
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On gender in the aftermath of war:<\/h6>\n
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On efforts to define and understand fascism:<\/h6>\n
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On women in fascist Italy:<\/h6>\n
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On Jews in fascist Italy:<\/h6>\n
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On the rise of Nazism in one town in Northern Germany:<\/h6>\n
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On women in Nazi Germany:<\/h6>\n
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On international bankers and their response to the financial crisis of the Depression:<\/h6>\n
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On the Spanish Army in Morocco and the Civil War:<\/h6>\n
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A microhistory from Paris in the 1930s<\/h6>\n
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On collaboration during the Holocaust:<\/h6>\n
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