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Harvard. Economic History of Europe since 1500. Final Exam. Gay, 1902-1903

 

The previous post provided material for the first-semester course on mediaeval economic history taught at Harvard by economics instructor Dr. Edwin Gay during the 1902-03 academic year. In this post Economics in the Rear-view Mirror provides the course description, enrollment, and final exam questions for the follow-up course on European economic history since 1500.

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Economics 11
Course announcement
1902-03, Spring term

  1. 2hf. The Modern Economic History of Europe (from 1500). Half-course (second half-year). Tu., Th., and (at the pleasure of the instructor) Sat., at 9. Mr. Gay.

This course, while intended to form a sequel to Course 10, will nevertheless be independent, and may usefully be taken by those who have not followed the history of the earlier period. The main thread of connection will be found in the history of trade; but the outlines of the history of agriculture and industry will also be set forth, and the forms of social organization dependent upon them. England, as the first home of the “great industry,” will demand a large share of attention; but the parallel or divergent economic history of the great countries of western Europe will be considered side by side with it.

Course 11 is open to those who have passed satisfactorily either in History 1 or Economics 1.

Source: Harvard University. Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Division of History and Political Science[Comprising the Departments of History and Government and Economics], 1902-03. Published in The University Publications, New Series, no. 55. June 14, 1902.

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Economics 11
Course Enrollment
1902-03, Spring term

Economics 11. 2hf. Dr. Gay. — The Modern Economic History of Europe (from 1500).

Total 18: 7 Gr., 1 Se., 5 Ju., 4 So., 1 Other.

Source: Harvard University. Annual Report of the President of Harvard College, 1902-03, p. 68.

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Economics 11
Final Examination
1902-03, Spring term

  1. Describe briefly (a) métayage, (b) Zunftzwang, (c) commenda, (d) South Sea Bubble.
  2. State succintly what you associate with the names of (a) John Hales, (b) Jean Bodin, (c) Colbert, (d) Nicholas Barbon.
  3. Give the chief points of interest in the economic history of the reign of Richard II. Where modern writers differ in opinion on any of these points, mention their views.
  4. (a) Summarize the history of wage regulation by public authority in England, noting the views of Rogers, Cunningham and Hewins as to the effectiveness of this public regulation.
    (b) By what causes and to what extent was the position of the wage-earner affected in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?
  5. Name the three English statutes between 1560 and 1660 which you consider of most economic importance, and outline their provisions and significance.
  6. When and why did the gild system of industry come to an end in England, France, and Germany? Describe the forms of industrial organization which displaced it.

Source: Harvard University Archives. Examination Papers 1873-1915. Box 6. Papers Set for Final Examinations in History, Government, Economics, History of Religions, Philosophy, Education, Fine Arts, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Music in Harvard College, June 1903 (in the bound volume Examination Papers 1902-1903).

Image Source: Edwin F. Gay in Harvard Class Album 1906.