This course is available on the BSc in Economic History, BSc in Economic History with Economics and BSc in Economics and Economic History. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is available on the BSc in Economic History, BSc in Economic History with Economics and BSc in Economics and Economic History. This course is available with permission as an outside option to students on other programmes where regulations permit and to General Course students.
This course is delivered through a combination of seminars and lectures totalling a minimum of 40 hours across Michaelmas Term and Lent Term. This year, while we are planning for most seminars to be delivered in-person, it is possible that some or all of this teaching may have to be delivered virtually. The course includes a reading week in Week 6 of Michaelmas Term and Lent Term.
Students will be expected to produce 1 essay in the MT and 1 essay in the LT. Students are also expected to give one presentation to class.
Edgerton, David. The Shock of the Old : Technology and Global History since 1900 (London: Profile, 2008). Landes, David S. The Unbound Prometheus : Technical Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from 1750 to Present (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003). MacKenzie, Donald A. Knowing Machines : Essays on Technical Change. (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1998) Mokyr, Joel. The Gifts of Athena. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002). Rosenberg, Nathan.?Inside the Black Box: Technology and Economics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983).? White, Lynn, Medieval Technology and Social Change. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1962).
Essay (30%, 3000 words) in the LT. Take-home assessment (70%) in the ST. The take home exam will cover all topics of the course and take place during the Summer examination period.The 3,000-word summative essay is an opportunity for students to explore some of the themes of the course in greater depth. More detailed guidance on the essay will be disseminated early in Michaelmas Term.