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UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

Summer Examinations 2020/21

Topics in Economic History


Time Allowed: 2 Hours

Read all instructions carefully - and read through the entire paper at least once before you
start entering your answers.

There is ONE section in this paper. Answer FOUR questions out of five. All questions carry
equal weight (25 marks each).

Approved pocket calculators are allowed.

You should not submit answers to more than the required number of questions. If you do,
we will mark the questions in the order that they appear, up to the required number of
questions in each section.


1. Discuss the medium-term and long-term effects of British rule in India. (25 marks)


2. Discuss the trajectory of inward-looking industrialization in Latin America. (25 marks)


3. How did individuals who migrated from Europe to the United States in the early 20th
century assimilate in the U.S.? Discuss what the evidence shows for both economic and
cultural assimilation. (25 marks)


4. How have economic historians analysed the role of women in economic growth?
(25 marks)


5. How have economic historians analysed long term persistence of Anti-Semitic attitudes
in Germany? (25 marks)