Business Adm and Social Science

IES612 Economic History 15.0 ECTS credits

DENNA SIDA FINNS OCKSÅ PÅ SVENSKA

General information about studying at Luleå University
TIMEPERIOD: I

LANGUAGE: Swedish

EXAMINER
Nils-Gustav Lundgren Univ lekt

PREREQUISITES
None.

COURSE AIM
- To give a basic understanding of certain societies and civilizations economical and historical development. - To describe and analyze different historical elements that have given rise to economic and social change and development. - To inform about different approachs and perspectives in economic and historic development. - To inform about those methods and theories that exert influence on economic and historic research.

CONTENTS
Course A: Economic and Historic Summary. Pre 1870. - With emphasis on the main points of the pre-industrial societies structure, its change and development as well as the industrial break through and its problems. - An introduktion to the economic - history research areas growth both internationaly and in Sweden. Course B: Economic aland Historical Summary. Post 1870. - With emphasis on economic changes and developement after 1870. - Attention is especially directed at the driving forces behind the changes between growth and crises in western economies during the twentieth century.

TEACHING


EXAMINATION
Written and oral exams. Seminars. Grading system: Fail, Pass or Honours.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: G, VG

ITEMS AND CREDITS 
Written exam                                                	7.5 ECTS
Written exam                                                	7.5 ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
MOMENT 1. Den ekonomiska utvecklingen i Västeuropa och Nordamerika fram till 1870. (5 poäng) Dillard, D.: Västeuropas och Förenta Staternas ekonomiska historia. Gleerups 1976. Kap 1-20 (283 s) Duby, G.: Krigare och bönder. Sthlm 1981 (166 s) * Lundgren, N-G.: Kampen om naturresurserna. SNS 1987. Magnusson, L.: Sveriges ekonomiska historia. Raben Prisma. 1996. Kap 1-8. Stearns, P.: Den industriella revolutionen i världshistorien (s.7-96). Liber-Hermods 1993. Äventyret Sverige, en social och ekonomisk historia. Bra Böcker 1993. (sid 11-45) Another 100 pages of literature will be designated by the tutor. MOMENT 2 Den ekonomiska utvecklingen i Västeuropa och Nordamerika efter år 1870. (5 poäng) Dillard, D.: Västeuropas och Förenta Staternas ekonomiska historia. Gleerups 1976. Kap 20-36 (283 s) Lundgren, N-G.: De Nordiska regionerna och 1990-talskrisen. Perspektiv på kort och lång sikt. (70).* Magnusson, L.: Sveriges ekonomiska historia. Raben Prisma 1996. Kap. 9-14. Radetzki, M.: Klarspråk om arbetslösheten. SNS 1996. (93 s). Äventyret Sverige, en social och ekonomisk historia. Bra Böcker 1993. (sid 58-318). Another 250 pages of literature will be designated by the tutor. * Will be provided by the university.

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