070052 UE Guided Reading Economic and Social History - History of European Agriculture 1850-2000 (2024W)
Continuous assessment of course work
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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 09.09.2024 09:00 to Fr 20.09.2024 14:00
- Registration is open from Tu 24.09.2024 09:00 to Fr 27.09.2024 14:00
- Deregistration possible until Th 31.10.2024 23:59
Details
max. 25 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 01.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 08.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 15.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 22.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 29.10. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 05.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- N Tuesday 12.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 19.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 26.11. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 03.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 10.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 17.12. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 07.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 14.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 21.01. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum WISO 1 (ZG1O2.28) Hauptgebäude, Stiege 6 Zwischengeschoß
- Tuesday 28.01. 09:45 - 11:15 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 (70%)
- 3 summaries of class materials (70%)
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 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 concerning the prescribed readings. At least 3 randomly selected summaries per student will be graded, thus contributing to the final grade. STUDENTS SHOULD ALWAYS SUBMIT THEIR TEXTS IN ADVANCE OF THE CLASS.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 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 concerning the prescribed readings. At least 3 randomly selected summaries per student will be graded, thus contributing to the final grade. STUDENTS SHOULD ALWAYS SUBMIT THEIR TEXTS IN ADVANCE OF THE CLASS.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: Tu 01.10.2024 13:25
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.