Suspended in 2025/26
EH306      One Unit
Monetary and Financial History since 1750

This information is for the 2025/26 session.

Course Convenor

Prof Olivier Accominotti

Availability

This course is available on the BSc in Economic History, BSc in Economic History and Geography and BSc in Economics and Economic History. This course is not available as an outside option to students on other programmes. This course is not available to General Course students.

Course content

This course covers international Monetary and Financial History since the mid-18th century. The course is designed to introduce students to the key issues around globalised finance and money. It will look into the rise and eventual demise of the Gold Standard, the emergence and occurrence of financial crises, the globalisation and geography of financial markets, and changes in policy responses and regulation over time.

Teaching

2 hours of seminars in the Spring Term.
20 hours of seminars in the Winter Term.
20 hours of seminars in the Autumn Term.

This course has a reading week in Week 6 of Autumn and Winter Term.

Formative assessment

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

 

Indicative reading

Kindleberger, Manias, Panics, and Crashes, Ferguson, Ascent of Money, Foreman-Peck, History of the World Economy, Eichengreen, Golden Fetters, Eichengreen, Globalising Capital.

Assessment

Exam (100%), duration: 180 Minutes in the Spring exam period


Key facts

Department: Economic History

Course Study Period: Autumn, Winter and Spring Term

Unit value: One unit

FHEQ Level: Level 6

CEFR Level: Null

Total students 2024/25: Unavailable

Average class size 2024/25: Unavailable

Capped 2024/25: No
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Personal development skills

  • Self-management
  • Team working
  • Problem solving
  • Application of information skills
  • Communication
  • Application of numeracy skills
  • Specialist skills