ECONOMIC HISTORY
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
if the course is on-line please you will signe up for Teams
Code: kh68o95
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
Ricevimento: MARINA ROMANI Room 1015 - First Floor Up to the end of sanitary emergency, please contact me by e-mail: romani@economia.unige.it For any change, please see AW
Ricevimento: Dipartimento di Economia - I floor - office n. 1020 Phone: (+39) 010209 - 5479 Email : piccinno@economia.unige.it due to sanitary emergency rules please contact the Lecturer by e.mail in order to plan a meeting on Teams For any change see the web page of the course on Aulaweb
Exam Board
MARINA ROMANI (President)
LUISA PICCINNO (President Substitute)
LESSONS
Teaching methods
face to face lectures
if the course is on-line please you will signe up for Teams
Code: kh68o95
LESSONS START
2nd term
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
| Date | Time | Location | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/05/2021 | 09:00 | GENOVA | Compitino | |
| 10/06/2021 | 09:00 | GENOVA | Compitino | |
| 23/06/2021 | 09:00 | GENOVA | Compitino | |
| 09/09/2021 | 09:00 | GENOVA | Compitino |