070048 UE Guided Reading Economic and Social History - History of European Agriculture 1850-2000 (2023W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Registration/Deregistration
Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 11.09.2023 09:00 to Mo 25.09.2023 14:00
- Registration is open from We 27.09.2023 09:00 to Fr 29.09.2023 14:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 31.10.2023 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
Wednesday
04.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
11.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
18.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
25.10.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
08.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
15.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
22.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
29.11.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
06.12.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
13.12.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
10.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
17.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
24.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Wednesday
31.01.
13:15 - 14:45
Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
Information
Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
- Class participation (30%)
- 3 summaries of class materials (40%)
- test (30%)
- 3 summaries of class materials (40%)
- test (30%)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
1. Attendance (max. 2 absences)2. Class participation:
Participation will be graded by rewarding the students' will to engage in class discussion with constructive arguments.
Students will be required to submit short questionnaires before each class (starting on 13.10.2021) concerning the prescribed readings. Submitted questionnaires will be randomly selected and graded, thus contributing to the evaluation for class participation.3. Summaries
Students will be required to summarise class readings before each class (starting on 13.10.2021) concerning the prescribed readings. At least 3 randomly selected summaries per student will be graded, thus contributing to the final grade.4. Test:
Students will be asked to complete a multiple-choice test in the last class to assess their ability to connect the various readings.
The final test will be based on all readings.Grading scale:
1 (very good) 100-90%;
2 (good) 89-80%;
3 (satisfactory) 79-70%;
4 (sufficient) 69-60%;
5 (not sufficient) 59-0%.
Participation will be graded by rewarding the students' will to engage in class discussion with constructive arguments.
Students will be required to submit short questionnaires before each class (starting on 13.10.2021) concerning the prescribed readings. Submitted questionnaires will be randomly selected and graded, thus contributing to the evaluation for class participation.3. Summaries
Students will be required to summarise class readings before each class (starting on 13.10.2021) concerning the prescribed readings. At least 3 randomly selected summaries per student will be graded, thus contributing to the final grade.4. Test:
Students will be asked to complete a multiple-choice test in the last class to assess their ability to connect the various readings.
The final test will be based on all readings.Grading scale:
1 (very good) 100-90%;
2 (good) 89-80%;
3 (satisfactory) 79-70%;
4 (sufficient) 69-60%;
5 (not sufficient) 59-0%.
Examination topics
Students will be asked to answer questions on the readings and demonstrate that they understood the general trends in European agriculture in the last 2 centuries.
Reading list
The course is based on:
Pedro Lains and Vincente Pinella, editors, Agriculture and Economic Development in Europe since 1870. London: Routledge, 2009
Federico, Giovanni, Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press, 2005.
Articles on specific topics will be assigned.
A detailed reading list will be distributed at the beginning of the course and the texts will be distributed on moodle.
Pedro Lains and Vincente Pinella, editors, Agriculture and Economic Development in Europe since 1870. London: Routledge, 2009
Federico, Giovanni, Feeding the World: An Economic History of Agriculture, 1800-2000. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton Univ. Press, 2005.
Articles on specific topics will be assigned.
A detailed reading list will be distributed at the beginning of the course and the texts will be distributed on moodle.
Association in the course directory
BA Geschichte (2019): Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (5 ECTS)
BEd UF Geschichte: Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (4 ECTS)
BEd UF Geschichte: Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (4 ECTS)
Last modified: Th 21.09.2023 21:07
This guided-reading course is meant to familiarize students with current and recent debates in the history of European agriculture after the 1850s.
The course is based on recent general overviews of the period (the book by Giovanni Federico and the volume edited by Laps and Pinilla, see bibliography) and more specific readings that will be assigned weekly.
It the course concentrates on the following topics:
- natural endowments and climatic change;
- markets for agricultural commodities and international trade;
- output and productivity growth;
- agricultural policies and government intervention;
- the evolution of landownership and tenancy patterns.
The course covers a period marked by dramatic breaks, such as the first globalization, the world wars, the Great Depression, the industrialization wave of the post-WW2 period, the creation of the European CAP, and the second globalization.