Social and Economic History of the Modern World
Objectives
Available soon
General characterization
Code
711051158
Credits
6.0
Responsible teacher
Susana Margarida Munch Miranda
Hours
Weekly - 4
Total - 168
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
Allen, Robert C. (2009). The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Blanning, T. C. W. (2000). Short Oxford History of Europe, vol. 3, The Eighteenth Century (1688-1815). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Brady, Thomas A., Oberman, Heiko A. e Tracy, James (1994). Handbook of European History. 1400-1600. Late Middle Ages, Renaissance and Reformation, vol. I, Structures and Assertions. Leiden: Brill.
Duplessis, Robert S. (2019), Transitions to Capitalism in Early Modern Europe: Economies in the Era of Early Globalization, c. 1450-c.1820. 2ª edição, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Vries, Jan de (1983). A Economia da Europa numa Época de Crise (1600-1750). Lisboa: Publicações D. Quixote.
Zwart, Pim de and Zanden, Jan Luiten van (2018). The Origins of Globalization. World Trade in the Making of the Global Economy, 1500-1800. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Teaching method
The course includes theoretical lectures on important topics and concepts as well as practical classes in which specific topics are discussed. Students are especially encouraged to participate in discussion and commentary on textual sources or historiographical texts in practical classes.
Evaluation method
The final grade is a weighted average of:
- a mid-term test (45%);
- a final test (45%);
- participation in practical classes (10%) (based on quantity and quality of the contributions).
Subject matter
Why are some countries rich and others poor? What are the origins of modern economic growth? And when did the process of globalization begin? What impact did it have on European economies and societies in the pre-industrial world? This course aims to explore answers to these questions and possible interpretations of the foundations of modern economic growth.
1. The European economies on the eve of the first globalization. Economic structures, "institutions," and barriers to economic growth.
2. The 'Old Demographic Regime': between cycles of growth and stagnation. Size, growth and distribution of the European population.
3. The European agricultural economy: cycles of expansion and contraction. The "long sixteenth century". Stagnation in the seventeenth century: A Malthusian crisis?
4. Manufacturing: tradition and innovation. The role of colonial markets.
5. The first globalization. Trade, capital, and consumption in the formation of a global economy.
6. From proto-industry to the first wave of industrialization. The foundations of English domination.
7. Society. Representation of society. Social vocabulary and the "society of orders". Urbanization and social mobility. The consolidation of noble power. The rise of the bourgeoisie. The dissolution of the society of orders.