OVERVIEW

This course aims at offering an overview of the economic growth and development from the Modern Age to the 21st century in a comparative perspective by focusing on the strategic factors responsible for modern growth.

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course provides a systematic-interpretative framework of the most important changes that have characterized the evolution of the structure of the global economic system starting from the Industrial Revolution.

TEACHING METHODS

face to face lectures

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The preindustrial societies

-Population patterns

-The Industrial Revolution

- Development patterns:  the Second Comers.

- From the first globalization to the second World War

-The modern economic development from 1945 to 1979

- The second globalization and its crises

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

For  English textbooks and teaching material,  Erasmus students please contact us by e-mail.

Specific readings will be provided by the instructor on the e-learning course (Aulaweb)

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LUISA PICCINNO (President)

MARINA ROMANI (President)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

The lessons will start on February 12th, 2019

Class schedule

ECONOMIC HISTORY

EXAMS

ASSESSMENT METHODS

written examination, with multiple choice and open-ended questions

When the result of the test is below the pass mark students miss the exam session.

Exam schedule