Economic History

Biagio DI SALVIA Economic History

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DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE ECONOMICHE E STATISTICHE
ECONOMICS
2015/2016



OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
PRIMO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1060LESSONS


Objectives
A. KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
ACHIEVING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS FOR A BASE TRAINING IN ECONOMIC HISTORY BY LEARNING SPECIFIC MAIN THEMES ABOUT EVOLUTIONARY SCENERY OF CAPITALIST ECONOMIES.

B. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING SKILLS APPLICATION OF ECONOMIC HISTORY GENERAL LINES, IN ORDER TO DEVELOPE STUDENT'S INTERPRETATION ABILITY – IN A LONG RUN PERSPECTIVE – THE MAIN MACROECONOMIC PHENOMENA RELATED TO ECONOMIC CYCLES, THE ECONOMIC GROWTH PROCESSES, THE CAPITALIST ECONOMIES DEVELOPEMENT MODELS, THE CHANGES IN THE EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PROCESS.

C. MAKING JUDGEMENTS:
ABILITY TO USE AND INTERPRET IN AN INDIPENDENT WAY, ECONOMIC PHENOMENA, BY TEACHING-LEARNING ACTIVITIES(LESSONS, WORKSHOPS, INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM WORK, CASE STUDY DISCUSSION) QUALI-QUANTITATIVE DATA FINDING ORIENTED, AND CRITICAL EVALUATION OF SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE.

D. COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
COMMUNICATION SKILL DEVELOPEMENT, TO EXPRESS IN A CLEAR AND SUPPORTED WAY INFORMATION, IDEAS PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS LINKED TO THE STUDY OF DEVELOPEMENT AND GROWTH MODELS IN THEIR HISTORIC EVOLUTION. THE STUDENT ACHIEVES FIT SKILLS TO DESCRIBE, INTERPRET AND REPRESENT ENTREPRENEURIAL AND MICRO AND MACROECONOMIC PROBLEMS TO INTERLOCUTORS (QUALIFIED OR NOT).

E. LEARNING SKILLS:
THE STUDENT - BASING ON METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH AND ECONOMIC HISTORY ANALYSIS – IS ABLE TO USE LOGICAL REASONING AND CRITICALLY EVALUATE DIFERENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPEMENT MODELS AND THEIR EVOLUTION IN TERMS OF PATH DEPENDANCE. FURTHERMORE, THE ACQUISITION OF THESE LEARNING SKILLS, WILL BE USEFULL IN EVERY STAGE OF STUDY'S IMPROVING.
Prerequisites
NO PREREQUISITES.
Contents
I PART:
EUROPE DURING MODERN AGE AS AN INTEGRATED ECONOMIC SYSTEM. TOWARDS GROWTH: NEW BALANCES AND GENERAL TRENDS OF CONTINENTAL ECONOMY. CONTINUITY AND DIVERGENCES IN 18TH CENTURY'S ECONOMIC GROWTH. 19TH CENTURY'S EUROPEAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPEMENT: GROWTH, TRANSFORMATION AND DYNAMICS. FIRST INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTIONS: INTERPRETATION AND HISTORIOGRAPHIC DEBATE. THE ITALIAN ECONOMY FROM POLITICAL UNIFICATION TO “ENTREPRENEURIAL STATE”. THE XXTH CENTURY BETWEEN BREAKING AND PROSPERITY. THE WORLD ECONOMIC READJUSTMENT AFTER WORLD WAR II. INDUSTRIALIZATION AND DEINDUSTRIALIZATION. THE STAGES TOWARDS EUROPEAN INTEGRATION. THE GLOBALIZATION.

II PART:
COMPARATIVE FOCUS ON ECONOMY, CREDIT AND FINANCE, ENTREPRENEURS AND ENTERPRISES IN THE SOUTH OF ITALY BEFORE AND AFTER THE UNIFICATION PROCESS. HISTORIOGRAPHIC DEBATE ON NORD-SUD DUALISM.
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LESSONS, SEMINARS, STUDY AND WORK GROUPS, CASE STUDY DISCUSSION, PRACTICE, CLASS DISCUSSION AND IUNTERACTION WITH THE TEACHER.
Verification of learning
INDIVIDUAL REPORT AND ORAL EXAMINATION.
Texts
I PART:
A. DI VITTORIO (EDIT.) AN ECONOMIC HISTORY OF EUROPE, ROUTLEDGE, LONDON, 2006.

II PART:
L. DE MATTEO, UNA “ECONOMIA” ALLE STRETTE NEL MEDITERRANEO. MODELLI DI SVILUPPO, IMPRESE E IMPRENDITORI A NAPOLI E NEL MEZZOGIORNO NELL’OTTOCENTO, ESI, NAPOLI, 2013 ((CAP. II OR CAP. III AND IV).)
OTHER RECOMMENDED READING:
VALERIO CASTRONOVO, STORIA ECONOMICA D’ITALIA. DALL’OTTOCENTO AI GIORNI NOSTRI, EINAUDI, TORINO, 2013 [CAP. I, CAP. II (UP TO PAG. 117), CAP. III (UP TO PAG. 159), CAP. IV (UP TO PAG. 216)]
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