Dr Patrick Wallis, CMK. C414, Dr Tim Leunig, CMK. C321 and Professor Albrech Ritschl CMK. C415

Optional on BSc Economic History, BSc Economic History with Economics, BSc Economics and Economic History, BSc Economics with Economic History and BA History. The course is also available to General Course students and as an outside option.

This course examines the Industrial Revolution in Britain, the turning point into modern economic growth. The course is designed to introduce students to the key debates around industrialisation. It will consider the causes and timing of British industrialisation; the process of industrialisation; and the economic and social effects of the industrial revolution. The course focuses on the British case, but will also explore why some other countries did not industrialise at that point, and processes of catch-up that followed.

10 lectures and 9 seminars in the MT. 10 lectures and seminars in the LT. 1 lecture and seminar in the ST.

During the course students are expected to write four essays or equivalent pieces of written work.

Mokyr, The British Industrial Revolution; Floud and Johnson, Cambridge Economic History of Modern Britain, vol I; Berg, Age of Manufactures; Allen, The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective; Crafts, British Economic Growth.

One three-hour exam in the ST (100%).