Readings:
- Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson (2005), "The Rise of Europe," American Economic Review 95 (2005) http://www.nber.org/papers/w9378
- Jan de Vries, "Dutch Economic Growth in Comparative-Historical Perspective, 1500-2000," De Economist 148 (2000): 443-467 http://www.springerlink.com/content/l4qp2l551l7t7361/
- Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, "Manifesto of the Communist Party" http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/
- Robert Allen (2009), "Why Was the Industrial Revolution British?" http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/3570
- Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson, "Rehabilitating the Industrial Revolution," Economic History Review new ser. 45, pp.23-50 http://www.jstor.org/view/00130117/di011838/01p0208u/0
- Nicholas Crafts (2002), "The Solow Productivity Paradox in Historical Perspective," (London: CEPR Discussion Paper no.3142) http://www.cepr.org/pubs/dps/DP3142.asp
- (Optional) Karl Marx, "The So-called Primitive Capital Accumulation," Capital, I, Part VIII, Chs 26-32 http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch26.htm
- (Optional) Jeffrey Williamson, "Why Was British Economic Growth So Slow During the Industrial Revolution?" Journal of Economic History 44, pp.687-712 http://www.jstor.org/view/00220507/di975668/97p1230f/0
- (Optional) Peter Temin, "Two Views of the British Industrial Revolution," Journal of Economic History 57, pp.63-82 http://ideas.repec.org/p/nbr/nberhi/0081.html
Writing Assignment:
- Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson write that the "historiography of the industrial revolution in England has moved away from viewing the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as a unique turning point in economic and social development." Do you agree with their conclusion that the literature has moved too far in this direction? Why or why not?
Write a 200-500 essay on this topic. At least 18 hours before the class--by 6 PM PST on January 26, 2010--email your paper (either in the message text or as an attachment) to [email protected] and post it as a comment on the webpage at http://delong.typepad.com/economics_210a_spring_201/2010/01/econ-210a-uc-berkeley-february-17-2010-industrial-revolutions.html.