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Professor of Economics

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Department of Economics
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150 St. George Street. [See also U of T Campus Maps.]
Toronto, Ontario
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CURRICULUM VITAE: also accessible in pfd format

Publications and Conference Papers: also accessible in pfd format

RESEARCH INTERESTS: see Working Papers, listed below

  • The Economic History of Medieval and Early-Modern Europe: The Low Countries and England, 1200 - 1600
  • Industrial and Labour History: with a focus on Textiles
  • Monetary and Financial History: Money and Prices (including Wages)

My more general interests in economic history, however, extend into modern times -- indeed to the present day; and one of my undergraduate lecture courses goes into the 20th century (to World War I). As a medieval economic historian, I am cross-appointed to The Centre for Medieval Studies, at the University of Toronto, and serve on its Steering Committee. See also the web links to our related Institute: The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (PIMS: at the U of T)

I am also a member of the following academic organizations, whose websites provide useful resource materials and web-links that are relevant to European economic history:

ECONOMICS COURSES and Related Materials

Major Themes in my European Economic History courses.

All of the courses listed below, undergraduate and graduate, are "year courses," indicated by the suffix Y: commencing in early September and finishing in mid-April. None was given in the academic year 2000 - 2001, because I was on sabbatical leave. Of the following courses, Eco 201Y1 and Eco 303Y1 will be offered in the following two years, 2001-02 and 2002-03; Eco 2210Y will be offered only in 2002-03; and Eco 453Y1 will not ever be offered again. Because the University of Toronto imposes mandatory retirement at age 65, my regular employment with the University will therefore cease on 30 June 2003. In all likelihood none of these courses will ever again be offered, after that date; and certainly not the graduate course.

Economic History Lectures: All of my undergraduate lectures will be posted, but in pdf format only; and these postings will be found at the end of the following sections for ECO 201Y1 and 303Y1, respectively. They will be posted not as a set, but as individual lectures, usually on a weekly basis, after each has been delivered in class (and, if necessary, after further revisions, in the light of class discussion).

ECO 201Y1: The Economic History of Later-Medieval and Early Modern Europe, 1250-1750

The Lecture Notes for Eco 201Y1: Schedule of Postings for 2001 - 2002. Also in pdf format..

Former Examinations and Review Questions:

ECO 303Y1: The Economic History of Modern Europe to 1914

The Lecture Notes for Eco 303Y1: Schedule of Postings for 2001 - 2002. Also in pdf format .

Former Examinations and Review Questions:

BIBLIOGRAPHIES: for essays in undergraduate economic history courses

The bibliography lists and the individual bibliographies, in both short and long versions, are accessible in both html and pdf formats; but in order to retrieve the individual bibliographies you must click on the highlighted "List" in the html format only. Only the bibliographies in the long-format contain statistical and other appendices; and they are best read in the pdf format. Bibliographies in the short-format, usually in two pages, contain the key readings and a few questions to guide you in formulating your essays. The second-term bibliographies will not updated/revised until mid- to late December 2001.

Formats and Other General Observations . Also in pdf format .

Bibliographies for ECO 201Y1: The Economic History of Later Medieval and Early Modern Europe, 1250-1750 Bibliographies for ECO 303Y1: The Economic History of Modern Europe, to 1914

ECO 2210Y: Graduate Seminar on "Topics in the Economic and Social History of Later Medieval and Renaissance Europe, 1200 - 1600"

AIDS IN STUDYING EUROPEAN ECONOMIC HISTORY

MORE AIDS TO ASSIST YOU IN WRITING ESSAYS AND EXAMS IN ECONOMICS AND ECONOMIC HISTORY:

including some from other web sites

SOME USEFUL LINKS TO VARIOUS OTHER WEB-SITES:

WORKING PAPERS By JOHN MUNRO:

All of the following working-papers are presented in pdf format only; and in this format, they may be downloaded, saved to disk, and/or printed out. See the note above about obtaining Adobe Acrobat Reader software free of charge.

Copyright restrictions on the Department of Economics' Working Papers: "Copyright to each paper in the archive remains with the authors or their assignees. Archive users may download papers and produce them for their own personal use; but downloading of papers for any other activity, including re-posting to other electronic bulletin boards or archives, may not be done without the written consent of the authors." See: Working Paper Archive of the Department of Economics and Institute for Policy Analysis at the University of Toronto; or click on this alternative web-site .

Note: many, if not all, of the following working papers have now been published. Please consult my List of Publications before citing these working papers, which remain permanently part of the department's Working Papers archive, as indicated above.