授業の目的 【日本語】 Goals of the Course(JPN) | | |
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授業の目的 【英語】 Goals of the Course | | | Based on the framework of the Japanese discipline of economic history, students will gain knowledge about the essence of economic activities in the pre-modern era and about the concrete aspects of the transfer to the modern (19th-20th century). Thus, they develop their application ability to deepen consideration about the logic of these historical processes and the fundaments of the modern society. |
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到達目標 【日本語】 Objectives of the Course(JPN) | | To understand how the pre-modern economy based on community was and how the commerce and industry activities were.
To analyze the interaction between the development of commerce and industry and social change in the collapse of pre-modern economy.
To explain the logic of the progress of industrialization and the change of corporate form in the emergence of the modern economic society and to be able to interpret this logic.
To deepen insights into the indivisible coexistence of market principles and premodern community-like forms of communality in contemporary society, and its consequences. |
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授業の内容や構成 Course Content / Plan | | 1 Introduction --- Significance of learning Western Economic History in Japan
2 Economic Relations in Medieval Europe and its Erosion
3 Expansion of the Economic Activities of the European
4 Economic Nationalism and Merchantilism (under absolutist monarchy and parliamentary system)
5 Industrial Revolution (Its meanings and significance)
6 Industrialization in Great Britain and the Economic Liberalism (the Free Trade)
7 Industrialization in 19. C. in Other European Countries and the US
8 Industrialization in Peripheral Areas (in Imperial Russia, Japan and China)
9 Finance and Banking and the Rolle of the State at the Beginning of Industrialization
10 The Great Depression in 19. C. and the Imperialism
11 Technological Development in the "Core" and Formation of the "Periphery" (on the Framework of the "World System Theory")
12 International Economic Disintegration (in the Interwar Period)
13 Rebuilding the World Economy 1945-73
14 Perspective for modern economic society in the Aftermath
15 Summary of the course |
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履修条件・関連する科目 Course Prerequisites and Related Courses | | | It is desirable to have some background knowledge about Economic History. |
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成績評価の方法と基準 Course Evaluation Method and Criteria | | Criterion for evaluation is students' capability to develop the arguments in the class and to apply them to their own thinking that will fulfill the Course Objectives above. It will be determined from:
Student Presentation: 40% Active Participation to the discussion: 20% Essays: 40%. |
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教科書・参考書 Textbook/Reference Book | | | No text is specified. Own teaching materials are used, which will be uploaded to TACT in advance in the form of PPT. A reference book: Cameron, Rondo / Neal, Larry, A Concise Economic History of the World --- From Paleolithic Times to the Present, 5th ed., Oxford Univ. Press, 2016. |
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課外学習等(授業時間外学習の指示) Study Load(Self-directed Learning Outside Course Hours) | | At least once during the semester, a presentation on one of the above themes will be imposed. The person in charge should be fully prepared.
In addition, it is required to look at the teaching materials presented to TACT in advance each time and to prepare for leading discussion of the class where also undergraduate students take part in together. |
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注意事項 Notice for Students | | |
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授業開講形態等 Lecture format, etc. | | | In principle, face-to-face only. |
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遠隔授業(オンデマンド型)で行う場合の追加措置 Additional measures for remote class (on-demand class) | | |
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質問への対応方法 Office hour | | Questions will be accepted after class or during office hours.
Questions by e-mail will be accepted and answered as appropriate, but depending on the content, answers may be given during the next class. |
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