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Sheilagh Ogilvie
Professor of Economic History
Tel: 44-(0) 1223 335222
Email: Sheilagh.Ogilvie@econ.cam.ac.uk
Interests:Economic development and stagnation in Europe between 1500 and 1800; the causes of the growing divergence between different European economies in this period

Teaching

Office-hours: Faculty of Economics, Room 22; by appointment, via Sheilagh.Ogilvie[at]econ.cam.ac.uk.

Students with questions on academic material should e-mail to arrange an office-hour meeting. It is not possible to answer substantive teaching-related questions via e-mail.


LECTURE HANDOUTS AND READING-LISTS

(Course materials below are accessible only within the econ.cam.ac.uk domain (password required). The exception is my M.Phil. course, 'Institutions and Long-Distance Trade', which is jointly listed in the Faculty of History.)



PART I, PAPER 5 - BRITISH ECONOMIC HISTORY - 'The Industrial Revolution, 1750-1850':

          Course Outline        
          Lecture 1: Economies before the Industrial Revolution  - Slides - Handout
          Lecture 2: Proto-Industry  - Slides - Handout  - Recording
          Lecture 3: Population - Slides - Handout  - Recording
          Lecture 4: Agriculture - Slides - Handout  - Recording
          Lecture 5: Government  - Slides - Handout  - Recording
          Lecture 6: Finance  - Slides - Handout  - Recording
          Lecture 7: Technology  - Slides - Handout  - Recording
          Lecture 8: Transportation  - Slides - Handout  - Recording

          BBC news item 2 Nov 2011 -  Two Industrial Revolution inventors who improved the quality of payment services

          Course Questionnaire (Word file)

All Lecture Recordings: British Economic History 1750-1939 Collection (SMS website)


PART IIB, DISSERTATION SESSION

         
Slides - Handout


M.PHIL. / PH.D. PROGRAMME -  SUBJECT M620: 'Institutions and Long-Distance Trade, 1000-1800'

Topic 2 - Slides - Handout
Topic 3 - Slides - Handout
Topic 4 - Slides - Handout
Topic 5 - Slides - Handout
Topic 6 - Slides - Handout
Topic 7 - Slides - Handout
Topic 8 - Slides - Handout
Topic 9 - Slides - Handout


PH.D. PROGRAMME - SUBJECT 40: 'How
To Do Economics':

Topic 2 - Slides - Handout
Topic 3 - Slides - Handout
Topic 4 - Slides - Handout