{"id":8611,"date":"2025-07-14T23:59:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T20:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/course\/his101-%ce%b5%ce%b9%cf%83%ce%b1%ce%b3%cf%89%ce%b3%ce%ae-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%ce%bf%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%bf%ce%bd%ce%bf%ce%bc%ce%b9%ce%ba%ce%ae-%ce%b9%cf%83%cf%84%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%af%ce%b1\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:31:35","slug":"his101-introduction-to-economic-history","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/course\/his101-introduction-to-economic-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to European Economic History, 19th-20th"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Introduction to European Economic History, 19th-20th<\/h3>\n<p>Code: HIS101<br \/>\nSemester: 2nd<br \/>\nTeachers: Kleoniki Alexopoulou<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Industrial Revolution (1750\u20131875)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The transition from pre-industrial to industrial society and the liberation of productive power.<\/li>\n<li>Cotton industry and railway as driving sectors.<\/li>\n<li>The exploitation of raw materials and markets from the colonies (cotton, sugar, metals) as a prerequisite for industrial development.<\/li>\n<li>The factory system and the development of the proletariat.<\/li>\n<li>The liberal period 1850\u20131875: laissez-faire in industry and the great explosion of production.<\/li>\n<li>The economic unification of the world and social changes (urbanization, formation of the bourgeois and working class).<\/li>\n<li>The interconnection of European economies with colonial trade and capital networks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The period 1875\u20131914<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Great Depression 1875\u20131890 and the turn to protectionism.<\/li>\n<li>State intervention in the economy.<\/li>\n<li>Imperialism and the intensification of international competition.<\/li>\n<li>The new &quot;colonial race&quot; as a field of search for raw materials and investment opportunities.<\/li>\n<li>The second industrial revolution: new technologies, mass production and consumption.<\/li>\n<li>The scientific organization of work (Taylorism, Fordism).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>World War I and the Interwar Period (1914\u20131940)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Economic and social consequences of the war.<\/li>\n<li>The rise of the United States as an economic power.<\/li>\n<li>The strategic importance of colonial resources and troops in the war.<\/li>\n<li>Attempts to return to the gold standard and instability of the global economy.<\/li>\n<li>The crisis of 1929: causes, evolution and global impacts.<\/li>\n<li>The effects of the crisis on the colonies and their dependence on the metropolises.<\/li>\n<li>State interventionism and the &quot;New Deal&quot;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>World War II and post-war reconstruction (1940\u20131973)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The devastation of war and the need to reorganize the international economy.<\/li>\n<li>The Bretton Woods system and international institutions.<\/li>\n<li>The Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe.<\/li>\n<li>Decolonization and its economic consequences for the European powers.<\/li>\n<li>The &quot;golden years&quot; of growth (1950\u20131973): steady growth, full employment, mixed economy.<\/li>\n<li>The strengthening of the welfare state and the socio-economic changes of the post-war period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>From the 1973 crisis to the end of the Cold War (1973\u20131992)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The oil crises and the collapse of the Bretton Woods system.<\/li>\n<li>The importance of former colonies as suppliers of energy and raw materials in the global crisis.<\/li>\n<li>Stagflation and the shift to monetarist and neoliberal policies.<\/li>\n<li>The deepening of globalization and the restructuring of international trade.<\/li>\n<li>The crisis of socialist economies and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.<\/li>\n<li>The course of European unification and the preparation for the Maastricht Treaty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><strong><u>Recommended textbooks and teaching aids<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Economic History of the European 20th Century, Berend T Ivan, 2021, Gutenberg, ISBN: 978-960-01-2226-8<\/li>\n<li>Introduction to the Economic History of Europe 16th-20th Century, Kremmidas Vasilis, 2004, Printed, ISBN: 978-960-7643-49-0<\/li>\n<li>Modern and Contemporary European History, Miller T. Stuart (ed. Kokkinos G.), 2018, GUTENBERG, ISBN: 978-960-01-1925-1<\/li>\n<li>The Industrial Revolution: A Concise Introduction, Robert C. Allen, Andreas Kakridis and Angelos Filippatos, 2021, Heraklion: University Press of Crete, ISBN: 9789605246310, 9605246317<\/li>\n<li>The European Economy 1750-1914, Ville Simon P., Aldcroft Derek H., Stamatakis Nikiforos, Kostis Kostas P., Petmezas Socrates D., 2008, Alexandria, ISBN: 978-960-221-324-7<\/li>\n<li>The Genesis of Economic Society, Robert L. Heilbroner, William Mildberg, 2010, Kritiki Publications, ISBN: 9789602186763<\/li>\n<li>THE AGE OF EXTREMES, ERIC HOBSBAWM, 2010, THEMELIO PUBLICATIONS, ISBN: 960-310-205-9<\/li>\n<li>The Economic History of Colonialism, Gardner Leigh, and Tirthankar Roy, 2020, Bristol: Bristol University Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"course-type":[64],"semester":[79],"class_list":{"0":"post-8611","1":"course","2":"type-course","3":"status-publish","5":"course-type-ypochreotiko","6":"semester-79"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course\/8611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/course"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"course-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course-type?post=8611"},{"taxonomy":"semester","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/semester?post=8611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}