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Syllabus



Syllabus



Course Overview


We will endeavor to teach you about three things in the course:

  1. Economic History, in particular, processes like industrialization and demographic change that took a long time, and policies that affected them.

  2. Applied Economics, emphasizing the great variety of approaches that have been used to formulate and test hypotheses.

  3. Paper Writing, by examining critically the economic-history literature and giving you an opportunity to practice writing a paper suitable for a professional journal (as some term papers, after revision, have been).


Course Requirements


The assigned reading should be completed before the date noted on the syllabus. Class discussion will be more productive and enjoyable if you have done the reading. There will be a short final exam in the last scheduled class period and a term paper that is due at the end of the semester. Additional details about the paper can be found in the assignments section.

The term paper is the most important part of the written requirement for this subject. Extensions will be given only for unanticipated events. Late papers will receive lowered grades on a gradient that makes passing this course problematical with a paper that is more than a few days late. Plan accordingly.



Calendar



LEC #TOPICS
Agrarian Economies and the Industrial Revolution
1Ancient Rome
2Early Modern Europe
3European Expansion
4Malthusian Demography
5The Demographic Transition
6English Financial Institutions
7The Industrial Revolution: Description
8The Industrial Revolution: Analysis
The Spread of Industrialization
9Northern Europe
10Southern Europe
11Africa
12Ottoman and Russian Empires
13China
14Japan
15Latin America
The United States
16Industrialization in the North
17The South and Slavery
18The Aftermath of Slavery
19Labor Participation
20The Modern Corporation
The Twentieth Century
21The Great Depression
22Recovery
23The Economics of Wars
24Assessing U.S. Growth
25Inequality
Final Exam

 








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