Learning outcomes

To understand the basic features of the most important phenomena and research studies of economic and social history. Emphasis on the central and current problems of our time.

Contents

(a) History of Techniques (5 ECTS, 3 cu)
(b) History of Information Society (5 ECTS, 3 cu)
(c) Technology and Culture (5 ECTS, 3 cu)

Teaching methods

Lectures and exercises, a book exam or an essay negotiated with the teacher in charge of the course. Alternative literature must be negotiated with the teacher as well.

Teaching language

Finnish

Evaluation

Numeric 1-5.

Study materials

(a) History of Techniques Landes, David, The unbound Prometheus: technological change and industrial development in Western Europe from 1750 to the present (second edition, 2003) and Michelsen, Karl-Erik, Viides sääty (1999). (b) History of Information Society Castells, Manuel, The Informatioin Age, vol. 1. The Rise of the Network Society (2. ed. 2000) and Castells, Manuel & Himanen, Pekka, The Information Society and the Welfare State (also in Finnish) (2002). (c) Technology and Culture Diamond, Jared, Tykit, taudit ja teräs: ihmisen yhteiskuntien kohtalot (2003, also in English) and Kennedy, Paul, Uuden vuosituhannen haasteet (1994, also in English).

Further information

P2–P6 Perspectives into Economic and Social History, 20 ECTS, 15 cu
The courses P2-P6 consist of 20 ECTS altogether; one theme may consist of 10 ECTS (6 cu) at the most. Alternative literature or course may be negotiated with the teacher.