ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY OF MODERN AGE

The course is part of the related/integrative activities of the History degree course, which prepare students to reconstruct and understand, with the method of critical investigation, the succession of different economies and societies in their mutual connections through the events and phenomena of the past.

At the end of the course students will be provided with basic tools to evaluate social and economic dynamics of both past and present.

No prerequisite is requested

The educational objective of the course is to provide students with the historiographical and methodological tools for the analysis of the socio-economic dynamics of the ancient regime.
1. Economic history between economics and history
2. Population and resources
3. Family and kinship
4. Technological change and growth
5. Formal and informal markets and institutions
6. Agrarian systems
7. International consumption and trade
8. Industries and corporations
9. Currency and finance
10. The Italian economy
11. The Industrial Revolution
12. Big and small divergences

C. M. Cipolla, Before the Industrial Revolution. European society and economy 1000-1700, London, Methuen, 1976 or following;
S. R. Epstein, Freedom and Growth. The rise of states and markets in Europe, 1300-1750. London, Routledge, 2000
P. Malanima, The Economy of Renaissance Italy, London, Routledge, 2022

A written examination with open questions based on the compulsory reading.

- grading:
A. marks in the 18-22 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- sufficient knowledge and applied understanding with reference to the syllabus;
- limited ability to collect and/or interpret data, making independent judgements;
- sufficient communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language.
B. marks in band 23-26 will be awarded in the presence of:
- discrete knowledge and applied understanding with reference to the syllabus;
- discrete ability to collect and/or interpret data, making autonomous judgements;
- fair communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language.
C. Scores in the 27-30 bracket will be awarded in the presence of:
- good or very good knowledge and applied understanding with reference to the syllabus;
- good or very good ability to collect and/or interpret data, making autonomous judgements;
- fully appropriate communication skills, especially in relation to the use of specific language.
D. Honours will be awarded in the presence of knowledge and ability of applied understanding with reference to the
programme, judgement and communication skills, excellent.

The module consists in frontal lectures with the use of PowerPoints, with images, videos, maps and graphs.

Italian

written

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Poverty and inequalities" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development