14.731 Economic History, Fall 2003
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Author(s)
Temin, Peter
Alternative Title
Economic History
Date Issued
December 2003
Abstract
A survey of world economic history, designed to introduce economics graduate students to the subject matter and methodology of economic history. Topics chosen to show a wide variety of historical experience and illuminate the process of industrialization. Term paper due at the end of IAP. From the course home page: Course Description This subject is taught at MIT in an open format. The interactive discussion ranges widely and is designed to help entering graduate students understand the context of the specific papers, read empirical work critically, and make up their minds whether an argument is convincing. The aims of the subject therefore are both to inform students about economic history and to give them a taste of applied economic research.
Subjects
world economic history
methodology
industrialization
agrarian economy
industrial revolution
europe
russia
latin america
japan
china
slavery
labor
corporation
great depression
war
Economic history
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics
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