Prof. John H. Munro
Department of Economics
University of Toronto

BIBLIOGRAPHIES FOR ECO 201Y: 'B'-LIST TOPICS for 2003 - 2004

Topics in the Economic History of Later Medieval and Early Modern Europe, c. 1250-1750: B-List Topics for 2003 - 2004 (Short Format)

These bibliographies are in the short-format only. Please see the general notes about bibliographies for undergraduate economic history courses.

The following topics are on the 'B'-list for 2003 - 2004; and some of them will be transferred to the 'A'-list for the following year (if the course is given again), when most of this year's 'A'-list topics will, conversely, become 'B'-list topics. Each year a different set of 10 topics, 5 topics for each of the two terms, is chosen from the Master List of essay topics, though with some occasional duplications, of the most important topics.

The numbers for these topics are those in the Topic Number in the Master List of Essay/Tutorial Topics for Eco. 201Y1. You should refer to this Master List for a more detailed discussion of the debates about and thus the significance of each of these major topics, in European economic history.

See, in pdf format: Eco 20Y1 Master List of Topics

These bibliographies are provided in both PDF format and in MS Word. To retrieve them, click on the blue-highlighted topic number for the pdf version, and on the highlighted words 'Also in MS Word', for that version; but do so only in the html version of this document (since the pdf version will not give you that access). There are no statistical tables or any other appendices in the short-format of these bibliographies. Usually presented in just two or three pages, they contain the most important readings and some key questions to be considered.

FIRST TERM, 2003: Fall Term, September - December 2003:
The numbers given for each topic are those on the Master List

Topic no. 3: The Problem of Serfdom in European Economic Development, II: The Spread of Serfdom in Eastern Europe, c. 1400 - c. 1700. Also in MS Word .

Topic no. 4 : Feudal Governments, Warfare, Taxation, and Economic Crisis in Late Medieval Europe. Also available in MS Word.

Topic no. 6: Monetary Problems and 'Economic Conjuncture' in Late-Medieval Europe, c. 1290 - c. 1520: the nature of monetary and price changes (deflation and inflation) in the late-medievel European economy. Also available in MS Word

Topic no. 8 . The Dynamics of Change in Late-Medieval Industry, ca. 1250 - ca. 1460: Textile Manufacturing in Western Europe (Italy, the Low Countries, France, and England). Also available in MS Word

Topic no. 11 . The Inauguration of the Age of Overseas Expansion: Maritime Explorations and the Establishment of the Portuguese and Spanish Overseas Empires, c. 1450 - 1600. Also available in MS Word.

Topic no. 12 . The Rise and Expansion of The Dutch Commercial Empire: ca. 1360 - ca. 1650. Also available in MS Word

SECOND TERM, WINTER 2004: January to April 2004

Topic No. 16. The Social Costs of Agricultural Modernization: The Tudor Stuart Enclosure Movements in England, from ca. 1480 to ca. 1700 . Also available in MS Word

Topic no. 18 . On the Industrial 'Origins' of the Industrial Revolution: The Nef Thesis on Industrial Change in Tudor-Stuart England, ca. 1540 - 1640. Also available in MS Word.

Topic no. 19 . Social and Agrarian Changes in Early-Modern France: the Decline of Feudalism, Rural 'Embourgeoisement' and the Seigneurial Reaction, 1480 to 1789. Also available in MS Word

Topic no. 22. The 'Proto-Industrialization' Debate: The Mendels Thesis on Rural Handicraft Industries in Early Modern Europe and the Transition to Modern Urban Industrialzation. . Also available in MS Word

Topic no. 23 . The Economic Declines of Spain and Italy in the Seventeenth Century: Aspects of the 'General Crisis Era' or Independent Phenomena? Also available in MS Word.

Topic no. 24 : Mercantilism: Money, Economic Nationalism, and the State in Early-Modern Europe. Also available in MS Word .

Topic no. 25. The Economic Decline of the Netherlands in the Eighteenth Century: Absolute or Relative? Also available in MS Word.