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Year 4 Economic History.
Credit points: 12.5
Coordinator: Professor S J Nicholas.
Prerequisite: Entry into the honours program, a postgraduate diploma or a masters program in the Faculty.
Contact: One 3-hour seminar per week.
Timetable: First semester
Objectives:
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- analyse and describe changing approaches to the writing of economic history;
- investigate and provide a critique on recent methodological trends in economic history;
- assess and describe the usefulness and limitations of history and economics;
- evaluate and describe the use of statistics and econometrics in economic history;
- identify and provide a commentary on the newest research topics in economic history.
Content:
This subject focusses on the growth of economic history as a separate discipline. Topics include: the English and American approaches to economic history; the cliometric revolution; the evolution of Australian economic history; history and economic history; economics and economic history; major debates in economic history including slavery, the standard of living, research on women in history.
Assessment:
Written work not exceeding 3,000 words (40 per cent); one 2-hour examination (70 per cent).
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