Undergraduate Course: Economic History 2: the Global Economy since 1500 (ECSH08035)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | This course explores the rise of the global economy over the last 500 years. |
| Course description |
The course examines the forces of economic globalization and is concerned with issues surrounding trade, the international migration of labour, capital, and technology and their impact on incomes throughout the world economy. Ultimately it seeks to understand the processes of economic development and why some economies grow more quickly than others and how connections within the world economy have stimulated or retarded growth over the last millennium. The work of the 1st semester considers the foundation of the global economy 1500-1800. The 2nd semester focuses on the rise of the global economy in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, a sound knowledge of the subject considered in the course.
- Demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to assimilate a variety of sources and formulate critical opinions on them.
- Demonstrate, by way of coursework and examination as required, an ability to research, structure and complete written work of a specified length, or within a specified time.
- Demonstrate an ability to make informed contributions to class discussion and give an oral presentation as required.
- Demonstrate an ability to organise their own learning, manage their workload, and work to a timetable.
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Reading List
M. Graff, A.G. Kenwood and A.L. Lougheed, The Growth of the International Economy, 1820-2015: an Introductory Text (2015)
R. Findlay & K. O'Rourke, Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium (2007).
J. Foreman-Peck, A History of the World Economy: International Economic Relations since 1850 (1995).
K.G. Persson, An Economic History of Europe: Knowledge, Institutions and Growth, 600 to the Present (2010).
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
To attend one tutorial group each week. |
| Keywords | Econ Hist 2 |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Nuala Zahedieh
Tel: (0131 6)50 3836
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Course secretary | Ms Caroline Grevers
Tel: (0131 6 )51 1783
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