Economic And Social History Of Europe

Timetable

will be given later

Module aim (aims)

The aim of the course is to give explanation of origins of modern society, economy and capitalism, economic development in historical and legal point of view.

Pre-requisites in terms of knowledge, skills and social competences (where relevant)

none

Syllabus

• Week 1 Economic history. Legal, historical and economical aspects.
• Week 2 West European Feudalism
• Week 3 Polish economy in Middle-ages
• Week 4 Development of trade and finance in Europe (to 16th cent.)
• Week 5 Age of discovery and colonialism
• Week 6 Two paths of development in Europe. Economy in East Europe
• Week 7 Economic development of Western Europe. Economic thought
• Week 8 European economy in 19th century
• Week 9 Partition of Poland – economic consequences
• Week 10 Industrial revolution of late 19th century
• Week 11 I World War – economic effects
• Week 12 Polish economy in interwar period
• Week 13 Poland after WW2 – socialism
• Week 14 Changes in economy after WW2
• Week 15 Transformation of Polish economy after 1989

Reading list

• An economic history of Europe. From expansion to development, ed. A. di Vittorio, New York 2006;
• The Cambridge Economic History of Modern Europe, vol. 1-2, ed. S. Broadberry and K. H. O'Rourke, Cambridge 2010;
• A theory of economic history, J. R. Hicks, London 1969;
• A concise economic history of the world : from paleolithic times to the present, R. Cameron, New York 1997;
• Before the Industrial Revolution. European Society and Economy, 1000-1700, sec. ed., C. Cipolla, New York-London 1980;
• An Economic and Social History of Later Medieval Europe, 1000-1500, S. A. Epstein, Cambridge 2009;
• Origins of the European Economy. Communication and Commerce, A.D. 300-900, M. McCormick, Cambridge 2001.