Dr Patrick Wallis

Optional on MSc Economic History, MSc Economic History (Research), MSc Global History, MSc Political Economy of Late Development, LSE-Columbia University Double Degree in International and World History and MA Global Studies: A European Perspective.

This course explores the experiences and organisation of work in Europe before industrialisation. An introductory session introduces the key themes and context. Over the next nine weeks we examine the major subjects in the economic and social history of labour in the early modern period and how they developed. Issues covered will include (but not be limited to): how was work organised? How were skills acquired? What work did women and children do? How did work differ in town and countryside? Did the intensity of work change?

Twenty hours of seminars in the LT. One seminar in the ST.

Two pieces of written work of 2,500 words during the course.

J. De Vries, The Industrious Revolution (2008); P. Wallis, ‘Training and Apprenticeship’, Journal of Economic History (2008); J. Farr, Hands of Honour (1998); S. Ogilvie, A Bitter Living (2003); Epstein & Prak, Guilds, innovation and the European Economy (2008); Kussmaul, Servants in husbandry (1981); A. Wood, Politics of Social Conflict (1999); Sonenscher, Work and Wages (1991); Allen, Enclosure and the Yeoman (1992); Hay and Craven, Masters, servants and magistrates (2004).

One two-hour examination in the ST (100%).