Università Roma Tre

The course of Economic History is part of the program in Philosophy (BA level) and it is included among the complementary training activities. Providing the essential methodological tools to understand the economic history, the course outlines the formation and the development of the main capitalistic economies both in Europe and out of Europe between 19th and 20th centuries. Students are expected to analyse, understand, interpret and critically evaluate the themes analysed giving them the essential tools to overall comprehend the main economic history times since the mid-17th century.
At the end of the course students are expected to acquire the following skills:
- Capability to overall interpret economic and social macro-phenomenons of the main themes analysed.
- Capability of historical ‘sense of direction’ concerning the main economic history themes particularly in relation to the capitalistic system.
- Basic language and argumentation capabilities regarding the main themes analysed.