Modern and Contemporary Economic History

Code:

FLUP0724

Acronym:

HEEC

Instance: 2004/2005 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of History, Political and International Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	European Studies: Languages and International Relations

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EE	25	Official Study Plan - LEE	4	2,5	5	-
EELRI	0	Official Study Plan - LEELRI	4	2,5	5	-

Objectives

- To interpret the major guidelines in the history of modern and contemporary economic models and societies.
- To analyze the situations of rupture or continuity in the economic and social dynamics of the 19th and 20th century.

Program

1. - The liberal economic order: new economic and social configurations of the 19th century.
1.1 - The problems experienced by the population.
1.2 – The resources.
1.3 - Technology and its diffusion: energy, mechanization, transports.
1.4 - Institutional structure (norms, the State, social groups).
1.5 - Agricultural production, industrial production, exchanges.
1.6 - Industrialization patterns (advanced countries; least developed countries).
1.7 - Currency, banking.
1.8 - Crises and economic fluctuations.
1.9- Economic policies.

2. - World War I and the beginning of the «great transformation».
2.1 - Economic and social consequences of the «great war».
2.2 - The Soviet revolution and its implications in the global order.
2.3 - Social tensions: the consequences of totalitarianisms.
2.4 – Market fragmentation: the tendency to autarchy.
2.5 - The 1929 crisis, the «great depression», the national responses.

3. - World War II and the reorganisation of the world-economy.
3.1 - Post-war economic reconstruction: the effects of the Marshall Plan.
3.2 - The Welfare State, the «golden years» and mass consumption.
3.3 - The bipolar world and the economic blocks: the Common Market. The Comecon.
3.4 - Economic development and underdevelopment. The Third World.
3.5 - The integration of economies. The Economic European Community.
3.6 - The 1974 crisis, post-Fordism, globalization and the limits to growth.

Main Bibliography

ABRAMOWITZ, Moses – O Crescimento Económico. Lisboa: Ed. Europa-América, 1992.
ASHTON, T.S. – A Revolução Industrial. Lisboa: Pub. Europa-América,1977.
BAIROCH, P. – Victoire et déboires. Histoire économique et sociale du monde du XVIe siècle à nos jours. Paris: Gallimard,1997.
BALBÍN, Pedro Fraile – Industrialización y grupos de pressão. La economia política de la protección en España, 1900-1950. Madrid: Alianza Editorial,1991.
BEAUCHAMP, Chantal – Revolução Industrial e Crescimento Económico no Século XIX. Lisboa: Edições 70, 1998.
BEUAD, Michel – História do Capitalismo. Lisboa: Teorema, 1981.
CAMERON, Rondo – História Económica do Mundo. Lisboa: P. Europa-América, 2000.
CIPOLLA, C.M. (ed.) – Historia Economica de Europa. Barcelona: Ariel, 1979.
DOULIER, Gérard – A Europa. Lisboa: Instituto Piaget, 1997.
FLOUD, Roderick; McCLOSKEY, Donald – The Economic History of Britain since 1700. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994 (2ª edição).
GÉLÉDAN, Alain; BRÉMON, Janine – Dicionário das Teorias e Mecanismos Económicos. Lisboa: Livros Horizonte,1988.
HOBSBAWM, E.J. - A Era das Revoluções. Lisboa: Presença, 1978.
HOBSBAWM, E.J. – A Era do Capital. Lisboa: Presença, 1979.
HOBSBAWM, E.J. – A Era dos Extremos (1914-1991). Lisboa: Presença, 1996.
HOBSBAWM, E.J. –A Era do Império, 1875-1914. Lisboa: Presença, 1990.
LANDES, David S. – The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. Londres: W.W. Northon & Ce., 1998. (Tradução portuguesa: A Riqueza e a Pobreza das Nações)
LÉON, Pierre (dir.) – Historia Economica e Social do Mundo. Lisboa: Sá da Costa, 1981.
MARGAIRAZ, Michel – Histoire Économique, XVIII-XXe Siècle. Paris: Larousse, 1992.
MARTIN, Jean-Pierre – Histoire et Analyse Économique. Paris : Ellipses, 1991.
MATHIAS, Peter; DAVIS, John – As Primeiras Revoluções Industriais. Lisboa: Publicações Dom Quixote, 1990.
NADAL, Jordi – El fracaso de la revolúcion industrial en España, 1814-1913. Barcelona: Ariel, 1975.
NOUSCHI, Marc, e BENICHI – Régis, La Croissance au XIXème et XXème Siècle - Histoire Economique Contemporaine. Paris: Ellipses,1990.
PIORE, Michael J.; SABEL, Charles F. – The second industrial divide – Possibilities for prosperity. New York: Basic Books (tradução espanhola – La segunda ruptura industrial. Madrid: Alianza Editorial, 1990), 1984.
POLANYI, Karl – A Grande Transformação. Rio de Janeiro: Campus,1980.
RÉMOND, René – Introdução à História do Nosso Tempo. Lisboa: Gradiva, 1994.
RIOUX, J. P. – A Revolução Industrial. Lisboa: Pub. Dom Quixote, 1978.
TORTELLA, Gabriel – El desarrollo de la España contemporánea. Historia económica de los siglos XIX Y XX. Madrid: Alianza, 1998.
VERLEY, Patrick – La Révolution Industrielle. Paris: Gallimard, 1997.

Complementary Bibliography

History journals.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lectures, research assignments, presentations by students. Group work (if the number of students is less than 20).

Software

CDs : História do Século XX.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Eligibility for exams

Only in continuous assessment.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final exam, with the possibility of a research assignment (counting for 50% of the final average mark).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Research assignment (students’ option).

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

To be considered only in specific cases.

Classification improvement

Final exam in resit periods.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.