Course ID: | ECON 4710/6710. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. |
Course Title: | Topics in Economic History |
Course Description: | In-depth treatment of particular episodes in economic history,
such as the Industrial Revolution and the Great Depression. |
Oasis Title: | TOPICS ECON HISTORY |
Nontraditional Format: | The course will be taught combining lectures with seminar-style
discussions of assigned readings. |
Prerequisite: | ECON 4010 |
Semester Course Offered: | Offered every year. |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Deepen students understanding of and appreciation for important
episodes in economics history, and how these episodes helped to
shape modern policies and institutions. Give students
opportunities to apply economic theory to such episodes to
enhance understanding of both history and theory. |
Topical Outline: | Industrial Revolution:
Population movements and growth
Agricultural revolution
Enclosure movement
Commercial and transportation revolutions
Cotton and iron industries
Technology and the workforce
Money, capital and banks
Free trade and imperialism
The role of government
Why Great Britain
The spread of industrialization
America's industrial revolution
The standard of living
Industrialization and the environment
The Great Depression:
Breadth and depth
Institutional background
Dress rehearsal: 1920-21
The Great Bull Market
The Great Crash
Banking crises and the great contraction
The international picture
Hoover and Laissez-Faire
The New Deal
The NRA
War and Recovery
Theories and lessons |