Guia docente 2018_19 Facultade de CC. Económicas e Empresariais

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
1. Introduction to the World Economic History	Economic history and economic growth. Periodificación and basic concepts of Economic History.
2. Economic History of Pre-industrial Europe	The secular trend of the preindustrial economie. Population, production and the wealth distribution Evolution of trade and manufacturing.
3. Industrial Revolution (1750-1870)	Modern economic growth and institutions. The process of industrialisation: factors of production and innovations of the first Industrial Revolution. Industrial revolution in United Kingdom. The diffusion of industrialization in the nineteenth century
4. The international economic relations in nineteenth century: The first Globalization	International trade and the first globalization 1870-1913 International movements of factors: migations and capital movements. International monetary system: the international gold standard. The Second Industrial Revolution
5. The international economy in the twentieth century	Economic performanc in the inter-war years (1919-1939). The international economy in the golden era of the capitalism (1953-1973). The modifications in the world economy from 1973 to 2010: economic crisis, the second wave of globalization, and the third techological revolution.