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西洋経済史特殊講義

後期火曜日２講時経済学部第１演習室. 単位数/Credit(s): 2. 担当教員/Instructor: YOH KAWANA. 対象学年/Eligible Participants: 3・4. 履修年度: 2024. 科目ナンバリング/Course Numbering: EAL-ECO387E. 使用言語/Language Used in Course: English.

科目名/Subject

Economic History of Western Europe(Special Lectures)

担当教員

川名　洋

授業の目的と概要/Object and summary of class

The aim of this class is twofold: to provide an overview of the socio-economic history of Britain, with a special focus on the early modern period (1530-1815), and to cultivate a critical understanding of the economic history of Western Europe and North America from comparative perspectives. By the time of the industrial revolution, Britain had become a significant commercial power in Europe and played a pivotal role in shaping the course of the global market economy. Therefore, studying early modern Britain reveals how the foundation of the modern global economy was established. Furthermore, it helps to uncover Europe’s unique institutional context, in which latecomers like Japan were destined to prosper (albeit in their own unique ways) to keep pace with the leading Western economies. The comparative approach is a key method employed in this class, as it inevitably raises an important question: why are some capitalist market economies more robust and resilient than others in the long run? The answer to this question has profound implications for our understanding of our economy.

学習の到達目標/Goal of study

• Students are expected to understand how economic problems are closely linked with political and social issues and to familiarize themselves with Economic History as a context dependent field of study.
• Students are expected to come up with his/her own view as to how the early modern economy of the West shaped economies outside Western Europe and North America.

授業内容・方法と進度予定/Contents and progress schedule of the class

Course Schedule
(Please note that this syllabus is subject to alternation in accordance with our research progress.)
1) Introduction
2) The Industrial Revolution: a critical view
3) The rural origin of the modern Japanese economy
4) The advanced organic economy of early modern Britain
5) Proto-industrialization in the East and the West
6) Urbanization: concepts and theories
7) The making of urban Britain
8) Commercializing Edo Japan
9) The development of civic corporation
10) -14) Presentations & Discussions
15) Conclusion

After attending the lecture, students are required to study the economic history of their own country and examine it from comparative perspectives. The results of their study should be presented in a manner that invites comments from other students

成績評価方法/Evaluation method

Presentation:30%, Final essay:70%

教科書および参考書/Textbook and references

Accounting for the great divergence, S. Broadberry, (2015)
The European miracle: Environments, economies and geopolitics in the historyof Europe and Asia, E. Jones, (2003)
The Long Road to the Industrial Revolution. The European Economy in a Global Perspective, 1000-1800, J. L.van Zanden,, (2009)
The Industrious Revolution: Consumer Behavior and the Household Economy, 1650-to the Present, J. de Vries,, (2008)
The Agrarian Origins of Modern Japan, T.C. Smith,, (1959)
The Economic History of Japan: 1600-1990, Hayami, Saito, and Toby, eds., (2004)
The Japanese Consumer: An Alernative Economic History of Modern Japan, P. Francks, (2009)
The Role of Tradition in Japan’s Industrialization: Another Path to Industrialization, M. Tanimoto ed, (2006)
The Cambridge History of Japan, vol. 4, J.W. Hall, (1991)

授業時間外学習/Preparation and Review

Some ideas discussed in one session may be relevant to the themes of subsequent sessions. Students are encouraged to review the relevant sections of the books and the articles on the reading list after class.

その他/In addition

No undergraduate students, except for those in the Faculty of Economics, are allowed to join this class.