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Type D and Type F activities
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Laurea in Economia, imprese e mercati internazionali - Enrollment from 2025/2026| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° | Future matters | D |
Alessandro Bucciol
(Coordinator)
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| 1° | Future matters | D |
Alessandro Bucciol
(Coordinator)
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| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1° | Design and Evaluation of Economic and Social Policies | D |
Federico Perali
(Coordinator)
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| 1° | Public debate and scientific writing - 2020/2021 | D |
Martina Menon
(Coordinator)
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| 1° | Soft skills coaching days Vicenza (terza edizione) - 2020/2021 | D |
Paola Signori
(Coordinator)
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| 1° | Wake up Italia - 2020/2021 | D |
Sergio Noto
(Coordinator)
|
Economic history (2020/2021)
Teaching code
4S00375
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
9
Also offered in courses:
- Economic history of the course Bachelor's degree in Business Innovation and Economics
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
SECS-P/12 - ECONOMIC HISTORY
Period
primo semestre (lauree) dal Sep 28, 2020 al Dec 23, 2020.
Learning outcomes
The course intends to provide the fundamental elements required for an understanding of the international economic relationships which developed in the Modern and Contemporary Age. After an outline of the historical conditions and the motives underlying the expansion of Europe, the course investigates forms of organisation of production, trade and circulation of the characteristic goods from the different areas (Europe, America, Asia, Africa ...) in the 15th-20th centuries with particular emphasis on the problem of the structure of interregional and intercontinental trade routes. The course aims to provide a general knowledge of structural and institutional evolution of european economy since the early modern age to the present.
Students must demonstrate that they have understood the structures of Economic history, that they are able to correctly place problems and events, and that they know the most relevant themes of the economic debate.
Program
- Agriculture in pre-industrial age.
- Industry and Production from 16th to 18th centuries
- European expansion: Historical conditions and economic reasons.
- Merchants and trade from 16th to 18th centuries: goods, traffic routes, financial and commercial organization.
- Business tools used by business people in pre-industrial age.
- The features of production and commerce in the nineteenth century.
- International trade and European domination (1875-1914).
- The international trade at the end of liberal capitalism.
- The new layout of international economy (1939-1953): Bretton Woods system and its transformation.
- Industry, Production and Commerce in the second half of the twentieth century
- The evolution of the means of transport and the modes of communication.
- The evolution of sales networks.
- The globalization: industry, finance, trade.
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauro Carboni | L'ascesa economica dell'Europa, 1450-1750 | Il Mulino | 2016 | ||
| Larry Neal e Rondo Cameron | Storia economica del mondo. Dalla preistoria ad oggi | Il Mulino (Bologna) | 2016 | Capitoli VII-XVI |
Examination Methods
Full exam: the examination will take place in oral form.
The assessment method is the same for students attending or not attending the classes. Students must demonstrate that they have understood the structures of Economic history, that they are able to correctly place problems and events, and that they know the most relevant themes of the economic debate. The evaluation shall be assigned in 30/30
