14.731 Economic History, Fall 2003

Temin, Peter

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Temin, Peter

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Economic History

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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.

Date issued

2003-12

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34889

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics

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14.731-Fall2003

local: 14.731

local: IMSCP-MD5-85d0cadf3839367989571ea8b6fa6f6f

Keywords

world economic history, methodology, industrialization, agrarian economy, industrial revolution, europe, russia, latin america, japan, china, slavery, labor, corporation, great depression, war, Economic history

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