Legal and political aspects of creating a state on the example of the United States WP-SPM-1-PPATPSZ
Lectures will cover such issues as:
- English colonization
- characteristics of the New England colony
- the functioning of law in colonies
economic relations with the metropolis
- conflicts with Great Britain
- causes and outbreak of the American Revolution
- The War of Independence in the legal and political aspect
- the process of creating a system of power
- the economic situation of the colony and political processes
- the Indian question
- 19th century religious movements in the USA
- the secession of the southern states
- Civil War - causes
- Civil War - course
- the period of the Reconstruction
(in Polish) Dyscyplina naukowa, do której odnoszą się efekty uczenia się
(in Polish) E-Learning
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych
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Bibliography
The basic reading is the volume compiled at the Department of American Studies:
Zbigniew Lewicki, ed., America: Politics, Law, Society ", UKSW-ASPRA, Warsaw 2016, 2nd edition, revised and extended. (in Polish)
In addition, students can use relevant fragments of studies on US history.
Hugh Brogan, Historia Stanów Zjednoczonych
Literatura uzupełniająca:
Andrzej Bartnicki, Donald Critchlow, red., Historia Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki, vol. I - III
Michał Rozbicki, Narodziny narodu
Izabella Rusinowa, Geneza Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki Północnej
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Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
Additional information (registration calendar, class conductors, localization and schedules of classes), might be available in the USOSweb system: