The study of the international economy and its institutions during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Especially, it seeks to approach the roots of economic growth and inequality in the World Economy, to analyse the rise of the modern enterprise and its historical evolution to nowadays and, finally, to attempt to put economic globalisation in historical context.

1. To understand and identify basic economic and historical concepts and processes: The Great Divergence, the Industrial Revolution, Economic Growth, Economic Backwardness, Globalisation, Development and Underdevelopment.

2. To get a basic idea of the evolution of the world economy in the long run understanding the multi-causal and systemic character of the economic phenomena

3. To develop capacity to analyse and understand historical sources as well as the basic statistical and graphic tools common in Economic History

4. To deepen the knowledge of the contemporary world and its challenges*

5. To do research using different sources

6. To improve cooperative team working abilities

7. To develop listening and speaking skills



* Competence worked through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG1 and SDG10) applied in the IKD context. Teaching staff of the edIKDit structured team.

1. Introduction

1.1. What is economic history?

1.2. A long-run view of the world economic history



2. Preindustrial Economic History

2.1. Resources and Population: the limits to growth

2.2. The Rise of Europe, 1500-1800. The Growth of Atlantic Economies.



3. The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1870. A World Transformed

3.1. The Great Divergence: Why the Industrial Revolution developed in Europe?

3.2. The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain.

3.3. The diffusion of the industrial Revolution in Europe and in the United States.



4. The Growth of the International Economy, 1870-1913.

4.1. The Second Industrial Revolution and the birth of the new international leadership

4.2. International Trade, Capital flows, Migrations and Imperialism

4.3. The First Industrial Divide and Mass Production at great scale: the origin of the Big Business



5. The International Economy between wars, 1913-1945

5.1. The Economic Consequences of the First World War

5.2. The Great Depression

5.3. From Liberalism to State Intervention: Economic Recovery Plans (Authoritarianism, Totalitarianism and Social democracy)



6. The Second World War and the Birth of a New International Order, 1945-1973

6.1. The Second World War, the Recovery of the European Economy and the International Postwar Order. The First Steps towards the European Union

6.2. The Golden Age of Capitalism.

6.3. The Expansion of the Soviet Model

6.4. The Birth of the Third World. Decolonization and Development.



7. Crisis, Recovery and Globalisation, 1973-2001

7.1. Oil Shocks and Economic Restructuring in the West.

7.2. The Second Industrial Divide and the Rise of a Global Economy: Creative Destruction, flexibility and changes in the structure and strategies in firms

7.3. The Collapse of the Soviet Union and of the Centrally Planned Economies

7.4. Catching Up, Falling Behind: Different experiences of the Rest (East Asia vs. Latin America)

There is no distinction between seminar and practice hours. The final schedule for practice lectures will be available at the beginning of the term.

• Sistema de Evaluación Final
• Herramientas y porcentajes de calificación:
  • Prueba escrita a desarrollar (%): 60
  • Realización de prácticas (ejercicios, casos o problemas) (%): 40

A) CONTINUOUS EVALUATION

• Final Exam: 60% (6 points). A minimum of 5 points over 10 is required in the final exam to validate the scores obtained through practices.

• Practices in class, tests in class, online tests and/or short essays due in class (40%).

• Optional: an extra point (maximum) at instructor’s discretion, based on class participation and/or group work and other exercises in class.



B) STUDENTS THAT WAIVE THE CONTINUOUS EVALUATION

• 100% exam comprising some questions about the theoretical and practical contents of the subject.

The student must submit a written application to the professor within the first nine weeks of the semester.



C) STUDENTS IN SPECIAL SITUATION EXCEMPTED FROM PRACTICES

• 100% exam comprising some questions about the theoretical and practical contents of the subject.

The student must submit a written application that proves his/her situation.



D) OTHER YEAR’S STUDENTS

• Two options: Grading Model A or Grading Model B/C.



If needed, students will be informed about the assessment criteria for the final exam at the professor’s tutorial sessions.



Students must be aware and follow the protocol for both academic ethics and prevention of dishonest or fraudulent practices when taking assessment tests and writing academic essays at the UPV/EHU.

Students will have two options:

• To sum the points obtained in practices during the term (only kept for this year). In this case, the final mark will be calculated as follows: final exam (60%) + practices (40%).

• 100% exam comprising some questions about the theoretical and practical contents of the subject.

Readings and other statistical materials recommended by the instructor.

Bibliografía básica

ALLEN, R. C. (2011). Global Economic History. A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press.

CAMERON, Rondo; NEAL, Larry (2002), A Concise Economic History of the World: From Paleolithic Times to the Present, Oxford University Press

DI VITTORIO, Antonio (dir.) (2006), An Economic History of Europe: from Expansion to Development, London [etc.], Routledge, 2006.

FRIEDEN, Jeffry A. (2006), Global Capitalism. Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century, New York-London, W. W. Norton&Company

MARKS, Robert B. (2007), The origins of the modern world: a global and ecological narrative from the fifteenth to the twenty-first century, Lanham, Maryland [etc.]: Rowman & Littlefield

Bibliografía de profundización

ALDCROFT, D. (1989), Historia de la Economía Europea 1914-2000, Barcelona, Crítica.
CARRERAS, A., y TAFUNELL, X. (2004), Historia económica de España, siglos XIX y XX, Barcelona, Crítica.
CIPOLLA, C. M. (1981), Historia económica de la Europa preindustrial, Madrid, Alianza.
--- (1982), Historia económica de la población mundial, Barcelona, Crítica.
DIAMOND, Jared (1998), Armas, gérmenes y acero. La sociedad humana y sus destinos, Barcelona, Debate.
EICHENGREEN, B. (2000), La globalización del capital: historia del sistema monetario internacional, Barcelona, Antoni Bosch
FONTANA, Josep (1999), Introducción al estudio de la historia, Barcelona, Crítica.
FOREMAN-PECK, J (1995), Historia económica mundial. Relaciones económicas internacionales desde 1850, Prentice Hall, Madrid.
HOBSBAWM, E. J. (2003), Historia del siglo XX: 1914-1991, Barcelona, Crítica.
KENWOOD, A. G.; LOUGHEED, A. L. (1992), Historia del desarrollo económico internacional: desde 1820 hasta nuestros días, Madrid, Itsmo.
LANDES, David S. (1979), Progreso tecnológico y revolución industrial, Madrid, Tecnos.
LIVI-BACCI, Máximo (1990), Historia mínima de la población mundial, Barcelona, Ariel.
MASSA, P. y otros (2003), Historia Económica de Europa, siglos XV-XX, Crítica, Barcelona.
MOKYR, Joel (1993), La palanca de la riqueza: creatividad tecnológica y progreso económico, Madrid, Alianza.
POLLARD, Sydney (1991), La conquista pacífica. La industrialización de Europa (1760-1970), Zaragoza, Prensas Universitarias.
VALDALISO, J. M., y LÓPEZ, S. (2007), Historia económica de la empresa, Barcelona, Crítica, 2ª edición.
WRIGLEY, E. A., (1992), Cambio, continuidad y azar: carácter de la Revolución industrial inglesa, Barcelona, Crítica, 1992.
ZAMAGNI, Vera, (2001), Historia Económica de la Europa Contemporánea: de la Revolución industrial a la integración europea, Barcelona, Crítica.

Direcciones web

www.aehe.net/docencia.