23-03.32.212 Economic and Social History

Instructors: Dr. Andrea Brinckmann

Event type: Lecture

Displayed in timetable as: Wiso. Geschichte

Hours per week: 4

Credits: 6,0

Language of instruction: German

Min. | Max. participants: - | -

Registration group: WiSo

Comments/contents:
Introduction to Economic and Social History

The lecture gives an overview of the last 250 years with special consideration of developments in Germany. Economic, political and social modernization processes with their multifaceted positive and negative consequences are examined.

The profound economic, political and sociocultural change from the 19th to the 21st century will be introduced chronologically on a timeline. The lecture begins with the upheavals caused by the French Revolution and industrialization and ends with the discussion of the idea of a new geological age, the „anthropocene“.

Language: German.

Didactic concept:
Lecture and discussion. Texts and sources are provided. Smaller work tasks can be done as group work during the course.

Additional examination information:
The Questions have to be answered  in a three-hour exam as a written record -  full sentences are requested. The questions relate to the lecture as well as to the material provided. The exam takes place as Take-Home-Exam.


Further information will be provided in the course of the Semester.