Course description
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.
n this course, the long-term economic development is studied. The course traces the main transformations of the international economy starting from the industrial revolution; it focuses on some significant issues, such as population, agriculture, international commerce, manufacturing, and finance.
Face to face lectures
-Before the modern industry: preindustrial societies
-Population patterns
-The start of modern Industry. England’s 17th century
- 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
For English textbooks and teaching material, Erasmus students please contact me by e-mail.
Specific readings will be provide by the instructor on the e-learning course (Aulaweb)
Ricevimento: On Wednesdays, 10-12
MARCO DORIA (President)
LUISA PICCINNO
MARINA ROMANI
ANDREA ZANINI
27 February 2018
ECONOMIC HISTORY B
written examination
Written examination, with multiple choice and open ended questions
