COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE UNIONS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TAR 6113 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN WESTERN EUROPE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADE UNIONS ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

History

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR GÜLSÜM TÜTÜNCÜ

Offered to

History

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to give an information about the historical process of industrial revolution in western Europe that process is the key of the understand economic and political transformation. To explain origins of western european trade unions and their effect on democratic and political institutions.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The student learns about the subject and period and can follow the chronological developments of the industrial revolution and trade unions history.
2   The student learns and recognizes the subject resources.
3   The student learns the fundamentals of industrial revolution and modern economic theories.
4   The student anallizing the contribution of trade unions on democratic and social developments
5   The student can use these learning through the work life

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The conditions of industrial revolution beginings: Trade Revolution and Agricultural Revolution Lecture and discussion
2 Mercantilism, Physiocracy and Population Mobility Lecture and presentation
3 Mechanization and Early Industrial Revolution Lecture and presentation
4 Coal, Iron-Steel and Effects Lecture and presentation
5 Railways and Workers: The impact of 19th century revolutions Lecture and discussion
6 Banking and Capital, Entrepreneurship and Culture Lecture and discussion
7 Midterm
8 Two Different Industrialization Models: England and Germany I Lecture and presentation
9 Two Different Industrialization Models: England and Germany II Lecture and presentation
10 18th Century First Worker Activities Lecture and presentation
11 Ludism and Effects on Trade Unions Organization Lecture and presentation
12 The orgins of Trade Unions: England Lecture and presentation
13 European Trade Unions I: Germany and France Lecture and presentation
14 European Trade Unions II: Scandinavian Models Lecture and presentation
15 General Evaluation Discussion
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):Eric Hobsbawm, Sanayi ve Imparatorluk, Dost Kitabevi, Istanbul, 2013.
- Herbert Heaton, Avrupa Iktisat Tarihi, Paragraf Yayın, Istanbul, 2005.
- James Farr, Industrial Revolution In Europe (1750-1914), Gale Research Inc., New York, 2002.
- Hugh Armstrong Clegg, A History of British Trade Unions Since 1889, Oxford University Press, 1987. (5 cilt)
- Hamish Fraser, Trade Unions and Society: The Struggle for Acceptance (1850-80), Allen&Unwin, 1974.

Supplementary Book(s): Eric Hobsbawm, Imparatorluk Çağı, Dost Kitabevi, Istanbul, 2017.
- Eric Hobsbawm, Sermaye Çağı, Dost Kitabevi, Istanbul, 2017.
- Eric Hobsbawm, Devrim Çağı, Dost Kitabevi, Istanbul, 2016.
- Ivan Berend, Yirminci Yüzyıl Avrupa Iktisat Tarihi, Iş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, Istanbul, 2015.
- Lenard Berlanstein, The Industrial Revolution and Work In Nineteenth Century Europe, Routledge, 1992.
- Robert Allen, The British Industrial Revolution In Global Perspective, Cambridge University Press, London, 2009.
- Rodney Mase, British Trade Unions Posters: An Illustrated History, Sutton Pub. Ltd, 1999.
- Kenneth Lapides, Marx and Engels On The Trade Unions, International Publishers co, 1990.
- A. E. Musson, Trade Union and Social History, Routhledge, 1974.
- Yıldırım Koç, Avrupa Sendikacılığı, Kaynak yayınları, Istanbul, 2006.
- Alparslan Işıklı, Sendikacılık ve Siyaset, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2005.
- Haluk Özdalga, Sosyal Demokrasinin Kuruluşu, Imge Kitabevi, Ankara, 2001.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture + semester requirements presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

mid.term+Homework Assignments/Presentation+Final Exam
1. LO 1-2: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term examinations.
2. LO 4: This will be evaluated through the performance in the term project.
3. LO 3-5: This will be evaluated through the performance in the final examinations.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

If its needs will be described.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

+90 232 301 94 08 tutuncugulsum@gmail.com

Office Hours

Will be announced at the beginning of the semester

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 40 40
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 2 2
Project Assignment 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 161

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.133
LO.234
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55

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