ECTS - University of Pisa
Scheda programma d'esame
ECONOMIC HISTORY (INSTITUTIONS, ENTERPRISES AND MARKETS)
DANIELA MANETTI
Academic year2016/17
CourseBUSINESS STUDIES
Code103PP
Credits6
PeriodSemester 1
LanguageItalian

ModulesAreaTypeHoursTeacher(s)
STORIA ECONOMICA ( ISTITUZIONI, IMPRESE E MERCATI )SECS-P/12LEZIONI42
DANIELA MANETTI unimap
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Learning outcomes
Knowledge
The student who successfully completes the course will be able to demonstrate a solid knowledge of main events and processes in economic history, from 17th to the end of the 20th century; will be able to understand the passage from the pre-industrial world at industrialized society from the English Industrial Revolution to the so called ‘Third Industrial Revolution’; will be able to investigate the comparison between the several development systems; will be able to ascertain the complexity of the historical events and processes, the multiplicity of the causes, effects and often explanations supplied by historians.
Assessment criteria of knowledge
- The student will be assessed on his/her demonstrated ability to discuss the main course contents using the appropriate terminology. - The student must be able to demonstrate his/her knowledge of the course material (to trace the economic, political and social dynamics at the basis of the change from the rural economy to industrialization, starting from England up to the development of the so called ‘Late Comer Countries’) and be able to discuss the reading matter thoughtfully and with propriety of expression. - The student must be able will be able to ascertain the complexity of the historical events and processes, the multiplicity of the causes, effects and often explanations supplied by historians.

Methods:

  • Final oral exam
Teaching methods

Delivery: face to face

Learning activities:

  • individual study

Attendance: Advised

Teaching methods:

  • Lectures
Syllabus
After going back to the origin and development of the capitalistic economic system, the course will be focused on the topic of the industrial revolution and the reasons why it took place in Europe and in particular in England. The aim is to make understand the historical, economic, social and cultural processes which brought about the success of ‘western’ economies, underlining their distinctive aspects and mechanisms and pointing out how at the beginning of 1900 their economic leadership moved from England to Germany and the United States, while the position of the so called’ second and late comer’ countries was changing , both in absolute and relative terms. After analyzing the development models of the prevalent countries, the study will proceed with the great transformations of 1900 up to the recent processes of economic integration which are occurring on a world scale. For this reason basic general concepts, such as growth and development, economic cycle, crisis and factory system will be analyzed again in a historical perspective.
Bibliography
- Lecture notes supplied by the Professor - R. CAMERON - L. NEAL, Storia economica del mondo. Dalla preistoria ad oggi, Bologna, il Mulino, 2003, capp. VII-XVI. Further selected bibliography: - S. Pollard, La conquista pacifica. L'industrializzazione in Europa dal 1760 al 1970, Bologna, il Mulino, 1990. - D.S. Landes, Prometeo liberato. Trasformazioni tecnologiche e sviluppo industriale nell'Europa occidentale dal 1750 ai giorni nostri, Torino, Einaudi, 2000. - Lo sviluppo economico moderno. Dalla rivoluzione industriale alla crisi energetica, a cura di Pier Angelo Toninelli, Venezia, Marsilio, 2006. - R. C. Allen, La rivoluzione industriale inglese. Una prospettiva globale, Bologna, il Mulino, 2011.
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