Returning to the curatorial work of matching final exams to postings of course syllabi/reading lists for economics at Harvard, I have transcribed the final examination questions below that correspond to the course taught by A. P. Usher “European Industry and Commerce in the Nineteenth Century” during the first semester of 1921-22.
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Final Examination
European Industry and Commerce in the Nineteenth Century
Professor Abbott Payson Usher
1921-22
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
ECONOMICS 2a1
- What problems were created by the Industrial Revolution? To what extent have they been solved?
- Compare and give a critical estimate of the ways in which England and Denmark attempted to deal with the problems of the reform of land tenures, field systems, and rural organization?
- What were the contributions of Sir Robert Peel and Richard Cobden: (a) to the repeal of the Corn Laws? (b) to the general establishment of the Free Trade policy?
- What was meant about 1836 by the phrase “the railway is by nature a monopoly”?
What was the general policy of the English government on the issue of monopoly of railway facilities? How did this policy affect the development of the railway network in England?
Discuss the condition of the fundamental industries in England between 1870 and 1914. What are the prospects for the future! - What was the role played by the German banks in industrial combinations?
- Comment or explain: chartism; the Newcastle coal vend; the Bradford Conditioning House; multiple tariff schedule; the basic process.
Final. 1922.
Source: Harvard University Archives. Harvard University. Final Examinations, 1853-2001 (HUC 7000.28, Box 64 of 284). Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Papers Set for Final Examinations: History, Church History, … , Economics, … , Social Ethics, Education, June, 1922.
Image Source: Harvard Class Album, 1923.