Modern Economic and Social History
Objectives
Students are expected to:
a) Be able to identify the main stages of economic and social evolution in Western Europe during the early modern period;
b) Acquire an understanding of the role of economic and noneconomic factors in processes of economic and social change;
c) Understand the historical origins of our modern urban industrial economies and societies across the developed world;
d) Acquire knowledge of the most influential historiographical approaches of the studied subjects;
e) Improve ability to communicate orally and in writing, integrating the vocabulary and concepts specific to this subject area.
General characterization
Code
711051158
Credits
6
Responsible teacher
Available soon
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
None
Bibliography
BRAUDEL, Fernand, Civilização material, economia e capitalismo, séculos XV a XVIII, 3 vols., Teorema, Lisboa, 1992
BUSH, M. L. (ed.), Social Orders and Social Classes in Europe since 1500: studies in social stratification, Longman,
Londres, 1992
DE VRIES (Jan), A Economia da Europa numa Época de Crise (1600-1750), Lisboa: Publicações D. Quixote, 1991
DEYON, Pierre, O Mercantilismo, Gradiva, 2.ª ed., Lisboa, 1989
DOYLE, William, Origins of the French Revolution, 2.ª ed., Oxford University Press, Oxford e Nova Iorque, 1988
ELIAS, Norbert, O Processo Civilizacional, vol. 2, Publicações D. Quixote, Lisboa, 1990
GOLDSTONE, Jack, História Global das Ascensão do Ocidente, 1500-1850, Lisboa: Edições 70, 2011
HOBSBAWM, Eric, A Era das Revoluções, 1789-1848, Presença, Lisboa, 1978
LÉON, Pierre (dir.) História Económica e Social do Mundo, vol. I-III (6 tomos), trad. do francês, Sá da Costa, Lisboa, 1984
Teaching method
Lessons are intended to be animated by the participation of students. One way to organize their participation is the
selection and presentation by students, in dialogue with the instructor, of selected texts to be discussed during classes.
This model may only be followed at an advanced stage of the school year, so that students are familiar with the themes and
bibliography. A theoretical and practical approach will be used in classes, exploring whenever possible text discussions or
the analysis of documents (selected of collections and repositories) tables and graphs.
Evaluation method
Every four
classes there will be a practical session for performing an exercise (individually or in groups depending on the size of the
class) that can have one of the following formats
Subject matter
1. The medieval legacy. Barriers to economic growth. Population and economy.
2. Population before the Industrial Revolution: cycles of growth and stagnation. Population size and distribution. The stages of demographic expansion in the 18th century.
3. The economy. Everyday life and patterns of consumption. Economic cycles of growth and stagnation. Agriculture: growth and the limits of development. Industry and the overseas expansion. The changing patterns of regional and international trade. The road to the Industrial Revolution: why was Britain first?
4. Society and social dynamics. The image of society. A society of orders or classes? Urbanization and social mobility. The rise of the bourgeoisie. Toward a new society: eighteenth-century society under pressure.