2013/2014

2015/2016

DM270

SECS-P/12 (ECONOMIC HISTORY)

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, CONTROL AND CORPORATE FINANCE

PERCORSO COMUNE

3°

1st semester (28/09/2015 - 22/12/2015)

6

44 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

RIZZO MARIO VALENTINO (titolare) - 6 ECTS

None

The course aims at emphasising the fundamental changes brought about by the Industrial revolution, discussing some of the main features and trends of the world economy in the 19th and 20th centuries.

After a brief introduction looking at the distinctive characteristics of the pre-industrial economy, the course moves on to examine the Industrial revolution in Britain and then discusses the industrialization of other European and non-European countries, focusing on the major changes which occurred in the world economy in the 19th and 20th centuries.

A short summary of the main topics to be covered in the course includes:

The pre-industrial economy: some distinctive characteristics
Britain, the first industrial nation, 1720-1870
The industrialisation of Europe, 1815-1914
The industrialisation of non-European countries: Japan and the United States
An early globalisation, 1880-1914
The world economy between the two World Wars, 1914-1945
The world economy after the Second World War, 1945-2000
Decolonisation, the Third World, globalisation: an outline

Lectures

Marco CATTINI, L’Europa verso il mercato globale. Processi e dinamiche dal XV al XXI secolo, Milano, Egea, 2006 (capitolo 2: solo i sottoparagrafi 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.3.3, 2.3.4; capitolo 3: solo i sottoparagrafi 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.2.1; tutti i capitoli dal 4 al 13 per intero).
Stefano BATTILOSSI, Le rivoluzioni industriali, Roma, Carocci, 2002.

Oral exam

During the il course, a few seminars will be held by Dr. Matteo Di Tullio