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War and Society

POLI 143a

Schedule of Readings.

Course

1. Syllabus
2. Schedule of Readings
3. Sample exam
4. The Topics (lectures posted after delivery):
   0. Introduction
   1. International Context & the State, 1600 – 1871
   2. Warfare on Land: The Evolution of Army Style & Size
   3. Warfare at Sea: The Evolution of Naval Power
   4. Paying for War
   5. Taxes and the Struggle over Assessment
   6. Tax Farming, Venal Offices, and State Bureaucracy
   7. The Fundamental Problems of Resource Extraction
   8. Borrowing and Debt Servicing
   9. Study Aid for the Midterm
   10. The Dutch Republic, 1581–1806
   11. France, 1654–1789
   12. Study Aid for the Final

Maps

 

The House of Burgundy 1477	The House of Habsburg 1555	The Dutch Revolt 1576-98	The Netherlands 1568
French Royal Domain and Fiefs 999	France and the English Invasion 1415-53	France 1477	France in the 18th Century 1715-89
France Generalities 1789	Population Losses in Germany 1648	Brandenburg-Prussia 1525-1648	Prussia 1525-1795
Europe after Thirty Years' War 1648	Europe after Nine Years' War 1700	Colonies in America 1775

 

Figures

 

Holland Common Means Tax 1575-1648	Holland Tax and Debt Burden 1575-1794	Holland Government Interest Rates 1575-1748	Holland War and Finances 1575-1794
France War and Finances 1600-1789	France War and Peacetime Trend 1600-1789	France Tax Burden as Working 1600-1789
Britain Government Debt 1618-1740	Britain Government Interst Rates 1693-1739	Britain War and Finances 1692-1939	France & Britain Government Spending 1688-1815
USA War and Finances 1791-2000	USA War and Finances per Capita 1791-2000	USA Military Spending of Total 1791-2000	USA Federal Revenue Sources 1791-2000
USA Personal Income Tax & Debt 1913-2000	USA Top/Bottom Tax Rates 1913-2012	USA Income Tax & Military Spending 1913-2012
Great Powers Military Spending 1900-2007	Great Powers Military Spending 1910-1920	Axis & Allies Military Spending 1914-1945	USA & USSR Military Spending 1945-1991