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HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS

Stefania ECCHIA HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS

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DIPARTIMENTO DI SCIENZE POLITICHE, SOCIALI E DELLA COMUNICAZIONE
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
2015/2016

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2008
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
540LESSONS
STEFANIA ECCHIA T Curriculum
Objectives
UNDERSTANDING THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS THAT LED TO ITS LONG AND GRADUAL DIVERGENCE FROM THE WESTERN DEVELOPMENT.
Prerequisites
BASIC SKILLS IN WORLD HISTORY .
Contents
THIS COURSE ANALYZES THE HISTORY OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE (FROM THE EMERGENCE OF THE STATE TO ITS FALL SOON AFTER THE WWI) AND WILL FOCUS ON HOW THE INSTITUTIONS THAT CHARACTERIZE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION SHAPED THE ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH WESTERN EUROPE. DURING THE COURSE IT WILL FACE ISSUES SUCH AS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISLAM AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST; THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE OTTOMAN GOVERNMENT'S INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS; THE ECONOMIC ASCENT OF THE ETHNIC MINORITIES AND THE EMERGENCE OF NATIONALISM; THE EUROPEAN FINANCIAL PENETRATION INTO THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE.
Teaching Methods
FRONTAL LESSONS; FURTHER READINGS; HISTORICAL SOURCES AND AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS.
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAM.
Texts
FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ATTEND THE COURSE: DONALD QUATAERT, THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 1700-1922, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERISITY PRESS.
FOR THE STUDENTS TAHT D0 NOT ATTEND THE COURSE: DONALD QUATAERT, THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, 1700-1922, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERISITY PRESS AND, AT CHOICE, ERIK ZURCHER, TURKEY: A MODER HISTORY (FIRST PART), I. B. TAURIS OR SURAIYA FAROQHI,OTTOMAN EMPIRE. A SHORT HISTORY, MARKUS WIENER PUBLISHER.
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