Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives On completion of this subject students should have an understanding of the methodology and historiography of economic history as an intellectual discipline, and should be able to reflect on how economic historians work and how they define their subject.
Synopsis This subject traces the growth of economic history as an intellectual discipline and academic subject in Germany, Britain, the United States and Australia since the early nineteenth century. Topics chosen for special consideration vary according to the interests of staff and students. They may include Braudel and the Annales school; Fogel and econometric history; Australian economic and social history in the work of N G Butlin, Blainey and Davison.
Assessment Written (3000-word essay): 40% + Class paper: 10% + Examination (2 hours) or second 3000-word essay: 50%