BA (Hons.

) History, Core Course VIII, Rise of the Modern West II

Dr. Renu Bahuguna
BA (Hons.) History, IInd Year
Semester IV

Unit II: The English Revolution

1. Christopher Hill: The English Revolution 1640 -

https://www.marxists.org/archive/hill-christopher/english-revolution/
2. Geoff Kennedy, Digger Radicalism and Agrarian Capitalism –
file:///Users/ritwikbahuguna/Downloads/Digger_Radicalism_and_Agrarian_Capitalis%2
0(1).pdf

Unit IV: Mercantilism, Trade and Empire 17th and 18th Centuries

1. Trade and Empire_1700-1870 – https://www.ofce.sciences-

po.fr/pdf/dtravail/WP2008-24.pdf
2. Vanijyavad aur Krishi Kranti pp 5-35 –
http://mdudde.net/pdf/study_material_DDE/ma/ma_history/Modern%20World-
final.pdf

Unit VI: Origins of the Industrial Revolution

1. Hobsbawm, Origin of Industrial Revolution, pp 12-33 –

https://history.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/07/Hobsbawm-The-First-
Industrial-Revolution.pdf
2. The Great Divergence Debate –
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/history/students/modules/hi997/2018-
week3/chapter_1.pdf and http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Pomeranz2000.pdf

*All pdf files are available in public domain as open educational resources free of cost