
Economic History
The concerns of this seminar are wide ranging in time, place, and method. Emphasis is on the logic of European and American economic growth from feudal times forward with regular, but less frequent, contributions on Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Topics range from microeconomic studies of firms undergoing rapid technical change and households changing their interaction between home and market to more macroeconomic topics concerned with national and regional economic growth performance, the economics of imperialism, and the political economy of the Great Depression. Given the breadth of the seminar’s membership and interests, comparative economic history is often a central element in seminar discussions. Pre-circulation of papers permits vigorous discussion.
Seminar: #503
Founded: 1969
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Economic History
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Seminar Administration
Co Chairs:
John Coatsworth
Acting Dean of SIPA, Professor of International and Public Affairs and of History
Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs
jhc2125@columbia.edu
David Weiman
Professor
Barnard College, Department of Economics
212.854.5755
dfw5@columbia.edu
Rapporteur:
Ariel Rubin
Doctoral Candidate
Columbia University, Department of History
ajr2112@columbia.edu
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