ECO 228 Economic History II 2014 Spring Syllabus

Instructor: Dr. Muammer KAYMAK

URL: http://yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~mkaymak

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Content
In this semester, economic history course comprises two main subjects which are closely related to each other. First part is related to the evolution of capitalist economy since industrial revolution. The second part covers the economic history of Ottoman Empire in the context of its place in world economy and its internal transformation during the 19th century. Probably first part will take 7 or 8 weeks. Then we are going to proceed with second part of the course.
Grading Policy: Grade will be based on a midterm exam, 30%; take home assignments announced later via Class Jump (click here how to register this system) and some quiz exams 30% and 40 % final exam.

Reading List
1-Rondo Cameron and Larry Neal (1993) A Concise Economic History of the World From Paleolithic Times to the Present, New York: Oxford University Press.
2-Roger Owen, (1993) The Middle East in the World Economy, 1800-1914. London and New York: I.B. Tauris &Co. Ltd.
Colin Imber (2002) The Ottoman Empire, 1300–1650: the structure of power, Palgrave Macmillan, ch. 5 pp 177-215
Traian Stoianovich (1953) “Land Tenure and Related Sectors of the Balkan Economy, 1600-1800” The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Autumn, 1953), pp. 398-411
Şevket Pamuk, Şevket (1998) "Ottoman Interventionism in Economic and MonetaryAffairs", Revue D'Histoire Maghrebine, 25/91-92, 1998, pp. 361-67 

Şevket  Pamuk (2004) "Institutional Change and the Longevity of the Ottoman Empire", 1500-1800

Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 35, No. 2 , pp. 225-247

Course Outline:

I- The Industrial Revolution
*Cameron & Neal,  ch 7-8

Further Readings:
-Hobsbawm, E. (1999) Industry and Empire From 1750 to the Present Day
-Hobsbawm, E. (1996) The Age of Revolution,1789-1848 [ch.1-3 and 9]
-Ashton, T.S. (1968), The Industrial Revolution 1760-1830, London: Oxford University Press.
-Landes, D.S. (1969), The Unbound Prometheus, New York: Cambridge University Press.
-Mantoux, P. (1961), Industrial Revolution in the Eighteenth Century: an Outline of the Beginnings of the Modern Factory System in England, London: Jonathan Cape.
-Supple, B. (1976), "The State and The Industrial Revolution: 1700-1914", C. M. Cipolla (Ed.), The Industrial Revoltuion 1700-1914, Fontana Economic History of Europe, Vol. III. , New York: The Harvester Press.

II- The Expansion of Industrial Capitalism
*Cameron & Neal,  ch 9-10

Further Readings:

-Hobsbawm, E (1975) The Age of Capital, 1848-1871 [ch.2-3]
-Kemp, T. (1971) Economic Forces in French History. London: Dobson.
-Kemp, T. (1985) Industrialization in Nineteenth Century Europe, London and New York: Longman.

-Borchardt, K. (1976) “Germany 1700-1914”, Carlo M.Cipolla (Ed.) The Emergence of Industrial Societies, Part One, Fontana Economic History of Europe Vol. 4, Sussex: Harvester Press /Barnes&Noble, ss. 76-160.

III- The Age of Imperialism
*Cameron&Neal,  ch 11-12

Further Readings:

Eric Hobsbawm, (1989) The Age of Empire [Ch. 2 -3]

Ivan T. Berend, An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe: Economic Regimes from Laissez-Faire to Globalization. [Ch. I]
-Borchardt, K. (1976) “Germany 1700-1914”, Carlo M.Cipolla (Ed.) The Emergence of Industrial Societies, Part One, Fontana Economic History of Europe Vol. 4, Sussex: Harvester Press /Barnes&Noble, ss. 76-160.

IV- The Great Depression and Afterwards
*Cameron & Neal,  ch 13-14

Further Readings:

-Hobsbawm, E. (1994) The Age of Extremes [Ch. 3 and 4]

-Berend, Ivan T. (2006) An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe: Economic Regimes from Laissez-Faire to Globalization. [Ch. 2-4]

V- World Economy in the Post-War Period
*Cameron & Neal,  ch 15

Further Readings:

Hobsbawm, E. (1994) The Age of Extremes [Ch. 9 and 12]

-Berend, Ivan T. (2006) An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe: Economic Regimes from Laissez-Faire to Globalization. [Ch. 5]

VI- Economics of Global Turbulance
*Cameron&Neal,  ch 16

Further Readings:

-Hobsbawm, E. (1994) The Age of Extremes [Ch.14]

-Berend, Ivan T. (2006) An Economic History of Twentieth-Century Europe: Economic Regimes from Laissez-Faire to Globalization. [Ch. 5]

VII- Some Aspects of Economic and Administrative Structure of Ottoman Empire until 19th Century. 
*Imber, Colin.(2002) The Ottoman Empire, 1300–1650: the structure of power, Palgrave Macmillan, ch. 5 pp 177-215

* Stoianovich, Traian (1953) “Land Tenure and Related Sectors of the Balkan Economy, 1600-1800” The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Autumn, 1953), pp. 398-411

    Pamuk, Şevket (1998) "Ottoman Interventionism in Economic and MonetaryAffairs", Revue D'Histoire Maghrebine, 25/91-92, 1998, pp. 361-67 

 Pamuk, Şevket (2004) "Institutional Change and the Longevity of the Ottoman Empire", 1500-1800

Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 35, No. 2 , pp. 225-247

VIII- The economic consequences of the age of refoms, 1800-1850

*Owen, ch 1-2

IX- The expansion of trade with Europe, 1800-1850
*Owen, ch 3.

X- The Ottoman road to bankruptcy and the Anatolian economy, 1850-1881 in comparison to  Egypt 
*Owen, ch 4-5.

XI- Anatolia and İstanbul under Foreign Financial Control 
Owen, Ch. 8.

XII- 19th Century: Economic dependency and decline or growth and transformation
Owen, Ch.12.