Postgraduate Course: Topics in Economic History (ECNM11041)
Course Outline
| School | School of Economics |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course explores selected topics in economic history. The specific mix of topics will vary from year to year, but will be drawn from a wide range of eras and subjects: prehistoric and pre-industrial revolution economies; the industrial and financial revolutions of the 17th-19th centuries; the economics of slavery in the US; financial and economic crises of the 20th century; energy policy since 1945; and natural experiments in economic history. |
| Course description |
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Students should be registered for MSc Economics or MSc Economics (Finance). All other students must email sgpe@ed.ac.uk in advance to request permission.
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| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Block 4 (Sem 2) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 18,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
One 2 hour Degree exam in May |
| Feedback |
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| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
| See description
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Reading List
General:
Gregory Clark (2007), A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World, Princeton University Press.
Pre-industrial revolution/Malthusian economies:
Clark (2007), op. cit., chapters 2-3.
Richard Wrangham et al. (1999), ¿The Raw and the Stolen: Cooking and the Ecology of Human Origins¿, Current Anthropology, Vol. 40, No. 5.
Jared Diamond (1987), ¿The Invention of Agriculture: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race¿, Discover.
The economics of the Roman Empire:
Peter Temin (2006), ¿The Economy of the Early Roman Empire¿, Journal of Economic Perspectives, Vol. 20, No. 2, Winter. Walter Scheidel and Steven J. Friesen (2009), ¿The Size of the Economy and the Distribution of Income in the Roman Empire¿, Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 99.
The Great Irish Famine, 1845-52:
C. Ó Gráda & K. H. O'Rourke (1997), ¿Migration as disaster relief: Lessons from the Great Irish Famine¿, European Review of Economic History 1(1), pp. 3-25. J. Mokyr & C.Ó Gráda (2002), ¿What do people die of during famines: The Great Irish Famine in comparative perspective¿, European Review of Economic History 6(3), pp. 339-363.
Energy policy since 1945:
Martin Chick (2007), Electricity and Energy Policy in Britain, France, and the United States since 1945, Edward Elgar Publishing. P. Joskow (2001), ¿California's electricity crisis¿, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 365-88
The Bretton Woods Agreement:
Michael D. Bordo (1993), ¿The Bretton Woods International Monetary System: A Historical Overview¿, in Michael D. Bordo and Barry Eichengreen (eds), A Retrospective on the Bretton Woods System: Lessons for International Monetary Reform, 3-104. Robert Skidelsky (2005), ¿Keynes, Globalisation and the Bretton Woods Institutions in the Light of Changing Ideas about Markets¿, World Economics, 6 (1): 15-30.
20th century labour history:
Robert A. Hart and J. Elizabeth Roberts (2013), ¿Real wage cyclicality and the Great Depression: evidence from British engineering and metal working firms¿, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 65, pp. 197-218.
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.sgpe.ac.uk/ |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Economic History;Industrialisation;Pre-Industrial Revolution;Financial crises. |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Jonathan Thomas
Tel: (0131 6)50 4515
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Course secretary | Miss Sophie Bryan
Tel: (0131 6)51 1764
Email: |
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