Each Advanced Paper will normally be taught in weekly sessions
over one term or in fortnightly sessions over two terms. The
precise timing and other arrangements should be settled with
the tutor responsible for the paper. Details of the content
of each paper are given in the main course booklet as well as
on the course website.
Schedule I Advanced Papers in Economic and Social History, and the History of Science, Medicine and TechnologyCourse synopses and bibliographies may be found at http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/ecohist/prospectus/advanced_papers.htm
* Indicates that the term is negotiable or has not been finalized **Offered in partnership with Economics, and subject to their assessment procedures
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PART I: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HISTORY |
| (a) Economic and Business History |
| Adam Smith |
Christopher Brooke |
Hilary & Trinity |
| America in international context, 1865-1941: globalization to crisis |
Knick Harley |
Hilary |
| Child labour in the industrial revolution: causes, consequences, cures |
JaneHumphries |
Hilary |
| **Economic growth in history |
Bob Allen, Knick Harley,
& Rui Esteves |
Michaelmas & Hilary |
| Economic history of Europe between the wars |
Oliver Grant |
Hilary & Trinity |
| **Economic history of Russia and the Soviet Union 1900–1991 |
Christopher Davis |
Hilary &/or Trinity |
| Issues in Russian social and economic history from a contemporary perspective |
Carol Leonard |
Hilary |
| Macro-economic behaviour of the British economy since 1870 |
Nicholas Dimsdale |
Hilary & Trinity |
| Navies and economies: Britain and France, 1660-1815 |
Robin Briggs |
* |
| The problem of labour: coercion and freedom in southern lands of European settlement |
David Meredith |
Hilary & Trinity |
| **Was there development in Europe before the Industrial Revolution? |
Victoria Bateman |
* |
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| (b) Social History |
| Crime and punishment in Britain, c. 1700-1900 |
Deborah Oxley |
Hilary & Trinity |
| Aspects of social change in south Asia, c. 1860 to the present | Jeevan Deol | Hilary | | Death of a dream? Social democracy and the political economy of the English working-class, 1945-1985 | Harold Carter | Hilary & Trinity |
| Economy and society in colonial Africa, c.1880–1960 |
Jan-Georg Deutsch |
Hilary & Trinity |
| The growth of a metropolis. Science and economy in London, 1530-1700 |
Ian Archer |
Hilary |
| Peasant societies, economies, and polities: Western Europe c.1750-c.1950 |
David Hopkin |
Hilary |
| Social and cultural change in France, 1600-1720 |
Robin Briggs |
* |
| South Africa: Apartheid, African politics, and the Transition since 1948 | Karen Brown & Tony Lemon | * | | Violence and historical memory in eastern Africa | David Anderson &
Jocelyn Alexander | Hilary | |
| (c) Historical Demography |
| Anthropometric history |
Nikola Köpke |
Hilary |
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Choices under Schedule
II have to be approved by the chairman of the Graduate Studies Committee
of the Board of the Faculty of History.
- You may take one suitable paper from another Master's degree under the auspices of the
Faculty of History approved from time to time by the Graduate Studies Committee
of the Board of the Faculty of History. For example:
| | Methods in Early Modern History | Lydnall Roper and Robin Briggs | Hilary | |
Candidates wishing
to take a paper which is not part of one of the Master's courses in
the History Faculty will also need the approval of the appropriate
course convenor and the Graduate Studies Committee of the relevant
faculty board or inter-faculty committee who need to be satisfied
that each candidate has an adequate background in the subject.
- You
may take one suitable paper from another Master's course outside the
History Faculty. For example, from the Faculty of Oriental Studies::
For M. Phil. candidates the choices of paper in a relevant
discipline or skill may be:
1. One of the papers from the M. Phil. in Economics specified below:
- Economics of public policy
- Applied econometrics
- International economics
- Labour economics
- Economics of industry
- Macro-economic behaviour of the British economy since 1870
2. One of the papers from the M. Phil. in Sociology specified below:
- Sociological analysis
- Criminology
- Sociological theory
- Social stratification
- Sociology of economic life
- Health and health care
- Sociology of education
- Demography
3. One of the papers from the M.Phil. in Russian and East European
Studies.
4. One suitable paper from another Master's degree under the auspices
of the Faculty of History.
5. On the recommendation of your supervisor, a suitable paper in
a related skill or discipline other than those specified in paragraphs
1 to 4 above.
For M. Sc. candidates the choices of paper in a relevant
discipline or skill may be:
1. One of the papers from the M. Phil. in Sociology specified below
- Sociological analysis
- Criminology
- Sociological theory
- Social stratification
- Sociology of economic life
- Health and health care
- Sociology of education
- Demography
2. One suitable paper from another Master's degree under the auspices
of the Faculty of History.
3. On the recommendation of your supervisor, a suitable paper in
a related skill or discipline other than those specified in paragraphs
1–2 above.
Schedule
II Advanced Papers are assessed according to the rules and practices of
the department delivering the course. It is your responsibility to make
sure you know how and when you will be assessed.
Not all options may be available in any one year.
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