The Industrial Revolution that began around 1800 has been the biggest
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Updated on: 02/09/2016 01:14 AM Due on: 03/10/2016
1.
What best explains the “Rise of the West” that is, the economic, political and
military ascendancy of Western Europe and its offshoots (United States etc) in
the world economy after 1800? Discuss.
2.
“The Industrial Revolution that began around 1800 has been the biggest and
fastest transformation of production in the entire history of the world.” Discuss.
3.
“The roots of both modern global economic prosperity and poverty (the socalled
Great Divergence) are in the Industrial Revolution that began in the late 18th
century.” Discuss.
4.
“The rise of the industrial economies based on technological progress and the
Industrial Revolution since 1800 is the central event of modern history. Nothing
else even comes close. This has affected the world in this period more than all
other social and political changes taken together.” Discuss.
5.
Have the economic and social effects of the Industrial Revolution in global
economic history since 1800, on balance, and in your view, either harmed or
benefitted the world, or both? Explain.
6.
“The United States and Germany overtaking them in industrialization and
prosperity by 1914, and more recently Japan, is not something that the British
could have done anything about”. Discuss.
7.
Describe the role and rationale for national economic planning, and critically
discuss the reasons for the successes and failures of such planning in your choice
of selected nations since 1800.
8.
Critically discuss some of the major successes and failures of economic progress
around the world that have occurred since 1800.
9.
Why did the Industrial Revolution first happen in Western Europe, relative to
anywhere else in the world? Discuss.
10. “An accurate reading of history would show that India and China’s natural roles
are as global economic superpowers.” Discuss.
11. “Imperialism and colonialism played a role in the deindustrialization of the
many parts of the world economy after 1800 but larger roles were played by
competitive disadvantage and falling transportation costs.” Discuss in the context
of your choice of regions or nations in the world since 1800.
12. “Had the United States treated 70% of its population as it treated its African
Americans for most if its history, the result would have been national failure, for
it could never have become an economic powerhouse with such limited
provision of education.” Discuss in relation to United States versus South
American development since 1800.
13. The one glaring exception to the social, economic, political and technological
achievements of the past two centuries, and the egalitarian ethic of equality and
income redistribution, is the international distribution of income.” Discuss.
14. “What does Robert Allen characterize as the “standard development strategy” in
relation to developing a modern industrial economy in the global economy of the
post1800 world? Discuss in relation to the successes and/or failures of its
implementation or lack of implementation in any 2 of: the United States,
Germany, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, China, Russia, India, South America, or
the Middle East/Ottoman Empire.
15. “In the last 100 years material prosperity has increased more than in all of the
rest of the thousands of years of human history. In the next 100 years, economic
growth will raise the living standards of more people in more parts of the world
than at any prior time in history.” Discuss.
16. “Technology and industrialization since 1800 has brought unprecedented
prosperity to the world but also unprecedented misery.” Discuss.
17. “The extreme variation in material wellbeing in the world economy is the biggest
economic problem of our age.” How does the history of the World economy
since 1800 help explain this extreme variation, and can it, in your view, be
substantially overcome in your lifetime? If not, why not, and if so, how?
18. “The profound imbalance in the global production and use of technology and
knowledge has been since 1800 and remains today probably the most powerful
engine of divergence in global wellbeing between rich and poor nations.”
Discuss.
19. Robert Allen states: “If China and India catch up with the West, the world will
have come full circle.” Discuss.
20. Why did the United States economy after 1800 grow so much more rapidly than
the Mexican, Brazilian or other Central and South American economies?”
Discuss.
21. “Once the Industrial Revolution began, it swallowed the world.” Discuss.
22. Why did the United States economy after 1800 grow so much more rapidly than
the Mexican, Brazilian or other Central and South American economies?”
Discuss.
23. ““Africa has contributed massively to the economic prosperity of the rest of the
world but ironically remains itself still poor and subject to violent ethnic and
nationalist conflict both within and between its many states.” Discuss, in your
view, how and why.
What best explains the “Rise of the West” that is, the economic, political and
military ascendancy of Western Europe and its offshoots (United States etc) in
the world economy after 1800? Discuss.
2.
“The Industrial Revolution that began around 1800 has been the biggest and
fastest transformation of production in the entire history of the world.” Discuss.
3.
“The roots of both modern global economic prosperity and poverty (the socalled
Great Divergence) are in the Industrial Revolution that began in the late 18th
century.” Discuss.
4.
“The rise of the industrial economies based on technological progress and the
Industrial Revolution since 1800 is the central event of modern history. Nothing
else even comes close. This has affected the world in this period more than all
other social and political changes taken together.” Discuss.
5.
Have the economic and social effects of the Industrial Revolution in global
economic history since 1800, on balance, and in your view, either harmed or
benefitted the world, or both? Explain.
6.
“The United States and Germany overtaking them in industrialization and
prosperity by 1914, and more recently Japan, is not something that the British
could have done anything about”. Discuss.
7.
Describe the role and rationale for national economic planning, and critically
discuss the reasons for the successes and failures of such planning in your choice
of selected nations since 1800.
8.
Critically discuss some of the major successes and failures of economic progress
around the world that have occurred since 1800.
9.
Why did the Industrial Revolution first happen in Western Europe, relative to
anywhere else in the world? Discuss.
10. “An accurate reading of history would show that India and China’s natural roles
are as global economic superpowers.” Discuss.
11. “Imperialism and colonialism played a role in the deindustrialization of the
many parts of the world economy after 1800 but larger roles were played by
competitive disadvantage and falling transportation costs.” Discuss in the context
of your choice of regions or nations in the world since 1800.
12. “Had the United States treated 70% of its population as it treated its African
Americans for most if its history, the result would have been national failure, for
it could never have become an economic powerhouse with such limited
provision of education.” Discuss in relation to United States versus South
American development since 1800.
13. The one glaring exception to the social, economic, political and technological
achievements of the past two centuries, and the egalitarian ethic of equality and
income redistribution, is the international distribution of income.” Discuss.
14. “What does Robert Allen characterize as the “standard development strategy” in
relation to developing a modern industrial economy in the global economy of the
post1800 world? Discuss in relation to the successes and/or failures of its
implementation or lack of implementation in any 2 of: the United States,
Germany, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, China, Russia, India, South America, or
the Middle East/Ottoman Empire.
15. “In the last 100 years material prosperity has increased more than in all of the
rest of the thousands of years of human history. In the next 100 years, economic
growth will raise the living standards of more people in more parts of the world
than at any prior time in history.” Discuss.
16. “Technology and industrialization since 1800 has brought unprecedented
prosperity to the world but also unprecedented misery.” Discuss.
17. “The extreme variation in material wellbeing in the world economy is the biggest
economic problem of our age.” How does the history of the World economy
since 1800 help explain this extreme variation, and can it, in your view, be
substantially overcome in your lifetime? If not, why not, and if so, how?
18. “The profound imbalance in the global production and use of technology and
knowledge has been since 1800 and remains today probably the most powerful
engine of divergence in global wellbeing between rich and poor nations.”
Discuss.
19. Robert Allen states: “If China and India catch up with the West, the world will
have come full circle.” Discuss.
20. Why did the United States economy after 1800 grow so much more rapidly than
the Mexican, Brazilian or other Central and South American economies?”
Discuss.
21. “Once the Industrial Revolution began, it swallowed the world.” Discuss.
22. Why did the United States economy after 1800 grow so much more rapidly than
the Mexican, Brazilian or other Central and South American economies?”
Discuss.
23. ““Africa has contributed massively to the economic prosperity of the rest of the
world but ironically remains itself still poor and subject to violent ethnic and
nationalist conflict both within and between its many states.” Discuss, in your
view, how and why.
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Solution: The Industrial Revolution that began around 1800 has been the biggest