OVERVIEW

The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the economic growth and development of the major Countries of the world from the Middle Ages to the 21st century in a comparative perspective. The main topics investigated will be strategic factor responsible for the modern economic growth

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course perspective will be the European economic development within the framework of international relations from the late Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age. The corse goal will be the understanding and the identification of the changing factors and their implication in social and economic history

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course, students  should be able to understand the systematic and interpretative framework of the main transformations  which characterized  the evolution of the economic and social western system structure

TEACHING METHODS

face to face lectures

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

The preindustrial societies

-Population patterns

-Credit and money from the Ancient Regime to the Contemporary Age

-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 Monday,  17th February 2020.

Class schedule

ECONOMIC HISTORY

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Written test

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Written examination, with multiple choice and open-ended questions. Two separate sheets will be prepared and corrected by each professor.

In the summer and winter exam set students who will have  failed their exam won't be allowed to take the following exam  in the same term

Students can withdraw from the exam within 30 minutes from the beginning of the test

Exam schedule