This page provides you with a description of all the units offered in Economic History, and the prescribed books for each unit. To return to the Economic History units offered in 2000, or to contact the unit coordinator use either the Back button on your browser or click here . By the late 19th century an international economy had come into being, centred on Western Europe and encompassing the entire world in an integrated network of capital flows, trade and exchange relations. This unit seeks to provide answers to these questions. Prescribed Books Cameron, R., A Concise Economic History of the World .
Economies depend on and impact upon their environments.
Industrialisation has transformed the global environment. The unit will examine the long-run history and the present global problems. Prescribed Books Simmons, I.G., Changing the Face of the Earth . Particular topics covered will include international investment, the multilateral trading and payments system, the international division of labour, protectionism, the emergence of trading blocs, the impact of Asian industrialisation and the emergence of an Asia-Pacific economic region. Prescribed Books Kenwood, A.G. and Lougheed, A.L., The Growth of the International Economy 1820-2000 .