CSS Examination Syllabus - History of the USA

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History of the USA ( Total Marks - 100 )

Facts of political history from the early settlers to the present day. Questions will also be asked on economic and constitutional development of the USA.

Note: Credit will be given not only for precise presentation of facts but also for sound critical judgement.

Suggested Readings

    • Title
    • Author
    • 1
    • America at 1750, A Social Portrait
    • Hofstadter, Richard
    • 2
    • A Pocket History of the United States
    • Nevnis, Allan and Cammager
    • 3
    • American Foreign Policy since World War-II
    • Henry Sterl
    • 4
    • Abolitionism: A New Perspective
    • Sorin, Gerald
    • 5
    • American Individualism: A study of its Origin and Development Pakistan Journal of American Studies
    • Malik, Iftikhar H.
    • 6
    • Benjamin Franklin: The Father of the Yankees: Pakistan Journal of American Studies
    • Malik, Iftikhar H.
    • 7
    • Encyclopaedia of American History
    • Morris, Richard and Commager, H.S. eds.
    • 8
    • Evolution of Muslim Community in the US: Journal of Research Society of Pakistan No. 2
    • Malik, Iftikhar H.
    • 9
    • Family Encyclopaedia of American History
    • 10
    • Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan: A Political Chronology
    • Ziring, Lawrence
    • 11
    • Main Currents in American History
    • Perrington, Vernon
    • 12
    • Paved with Good Intentions, The American experience and Iran
    • Rubin, Bary
    • 13
    • The Americans: The Colonial Experience
    • Boorstin, David J.
    • 14
    • The Americans: The National Experience
    • Boorstin, David J.
    • 15
    • The United States
    • Hofstadter, Richard et. al.
    • 16
    • The American Constitution
    • Pritchet, Herman
    • 17
    • The United States and Pakistan
    • Tahir-Khali, Shirin
    • 18
    • United States Pakistan Relations, "US Pakistan Relations: A Historical Perspective on Cross-Cultural Dialogue", in Rais A. Khan ed
    • 19
    • US China Relations: A Study in Imperialism "Strategic Studies"
    • Malik, Iftikhar H.
    • 20
    • White Man's Burden: Historical Origins of Racism in the United States
    • Jordon, Winthrop D.
    • 21
    • Out of our Past: The Forces that shaped Modern America
    • Degler, Carl N.
    • 22
    • The American Constitution: Its origins and Development
    • Kelly, Alfred H
    • 23
    • Making America: The Society and Culture of the United States
    • Luedtke, Luther, S.

Check other Subjects and Syllabus below:

Compulsory Subjects

General Knowledge

Optional Subjects:

(subjects carrying a total of 600 marks to be selected)

Group A

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.
Note: Business Administration cannot be opted in combination with Public Administration

Group B

Subject/s carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

Group C

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

Group D (Science Subjects )

Subject/s carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

Group E (History Subjects )

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

Group F

Subject/s carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.
Note: International Law CANNOT BE opted in combination with International Relations.

Group G

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.

Group H (Regional Languages )

Subject/s carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.
Regional Languages: Not more than one of the 4 subjects can be opted.

Group I (National and Foreign Languages )

Subjects carrying not more than 200 marks can be opted.
National/Foreign/Classical Languages: Not more than one of 4 subjects can be opted. Note: Urdu can not be combined with Regional Languages.

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