Course guide of Economic History of Andalusia (23911C2)

Curso 2026/2027
Approval date: 08/07/2026

Grado (bachelor's degree)

Bachelor'S Degree in Economics

Branch

Social and Legal Sciences

Module

Historia Económica de España y Andalucía

Subject

Historia Económica de Andalucía

Year of study

4

Semester

2

ECTS Credits

6

Course type

Elective course

Teaching staff

Theory

Leonardo Roberto Caruana De las Cagigas. Grupo: A

Practice

Leonardo Roberto Caruana De las Cagigas Grupos: 1 y 2

Timetable for tutorials

Leonardo Roberto Caruana De las Cagigas

Email
  • First semester
    • Monday
      • 16:30 a 17:30 (Fac. Rrll. Despacho 12)
      • 20:30 a 21:30 (Fac. Rrll. Despacho 12)
    • Tuesday
      • 11:30 a 13:00 (Fac. Rrll. Despacho 12)
      • 15:00 a 16:30 (Fac. Rrll. Despacho 12)
  • Second semester
    • Monday de 15:30 a 17:30 (Fac. Económicas. C211)
    • Tuesday de 08:30 a 12:30 (Fac. Económicas. C211)

Prerequisites of recommendations

None

Brief description of content (According to official validation report)

  • The role of Economic History in Economic Studies: The development of Regional Economics studies, its origin and its reflection in Economic History.
  • Andalusia between the crisis of the Old Regime and the consolidation of bourgeois society.
  • The stage of great changes and great expectations: The Andalusian economy in the central decades of the 19th century.
  • The integration of the world economy and its effects in the Andalusian region.
  • The Andalusian economy in the first third of the 20th century.
  • From the Civil War to democracy: The Andalusian economy during the Franco regime.
  • The transformations of the Andalusian economy in the last quarter of the 20th century.
  • From the Unitary State to the State of Autonomies. The Europe of the Regions and Andalusia

General and specific competences

General competences

  • CG01. Skills in dealing with the ideas and the environment they are involved in.
  • CG03. Ability to analyse and summarise.
  • CG05. Oral and written communication skills in Spanish.
  • CG07. Ability to manage information.
  • CG08. Problem-solving skills.
  • CG10. Ability to work in a team.
  • CG13. Skills in interpersonal relationships.
  • CG15. Ability to communicate with other areas of knowledge.
  • CG16. Ability to engage in critical and self-critical reasoning.
  • CG17. Ability to learn and work autonomously.
  • CG19. Creatividad o habilidad para generar nuevas ideas 
  • CG24. Ability to apply knowledge to practice.
  • CG25. Ability to search for information and research.

Specific competences

  • CE28. Know and apply the basic concepts of Economic History.
  • CE63. Study and analysis of the objectives and instruments of territorial policies of the Spanish, EU and international economy.

Transversal competences

  • CT01. Through the knowledge and application of concepts learnt in the Bachelor's Degree (Grado), be able to identify and anticipate economic problems relevant to the allocation of resources, both in the public and private sectors.

Objectives (Expressed as expected learning outcomes)

• The concept Economy and Economic History.

• The origin, development and current status of the studies of these disciplines.

• The different existing sources for the study of the Economy and Economic History.

• Knowledge of the techniques and methods of work organization existing at that time.

• Economic, technological and social development from the first Industrial Revolution until the end of the 20th century.

• Knowledge of the evolution of the economy from the mid-eighteenth century to the present.

Detailed syllabus

Theory

• Introduction: Objectives and structure of the program.

• Theme I or preliminary: Basic notes on Modern Economic Growth.

• Theme II: Andalusia between the crisis of the Old Regime and the consolidation of bourgeois society.

• Theme III: The stage of great expectations.

• Theme IV.- The integration of the world economy and its effects in the Andalusian region.

• Theme V.- The Andalusian economy in the first third of the 20th century.

• Theme VI.- From the Civil War to democracy. The Andalusian economy during the Franco regime.

• Theme VII.- The transformations of the Andalusian economy in the last quarter of the 20th century. From dictatorship to democracy, from the unitary state to the state of autonomy.

Practice

Seminars / Workshops:

• Analysis of historical documents, economic literature, demographic statistics and economic production, graphics and cartography.

• Analysis on the use of different energy sources and their impact on production systems.

• Analysis of the forms of business organization and work. Repercussions on the economy and society.

Field practices:

• Analysis of the incidence of economic institutions and organizations and of the different sectors of the economy and their behavior in the case of Andalusia. Consequences on the geographical, social and cultural environment.

Bibliography

Basic reading list

MATES BARCO, Juan Manuel; CARUANA DE LAS CAGIGAS, Leonardo (2021), Entrepreneurship in Spain: A History. (Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship), ISBN 9780367649227.

Complementary reading

● BERNAL, A. M. (1993). Una propuesta de interpretación de la historia de la agricultura andaluza en los siglos XIX y XX. In E. Sevilla & M. González (Eds.), Ecología, campesinado e historia (pp. 309–334). La Piqueta.

● BERNAL, A. M., Florencio Puntas, A., & Martínez Ruiz, J. I. (2010). El empresario andaluz en perspectiva histórica. Escuela Andaluza de Economía.

● CARMONA, J., & Rosés, J. R. (2012). Land markets and agrarian backwardness (Spain, 1904–1934). European Review of Economic History, 16(1), 74–96. https://doi.org/10.1093/ereh/her024

● CARMONA, J., & Simpson, J. (2006). Economies of scale and obstacles to land reform, Andalusia 1931–36. Paper presented at the Sixth European Social Science History Conference.

● CRUZ, D. J. (1993). Classes as clients of the state: Landlords and labourers in Andalusia. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 35(1), 159–182.

● DELGADO CABEZA, M. (1981). Dependencia y marginación de la economía andaluza. Siglo XXI de España.

● DOMÍNGUEZ, A. (Ed.). (1981). Historia de Andalucía (Vols. VI–VII). Planeta.

● DOMENECH, J. (2015). Land tenure inequality, harvests, and rural conflict. Social Science History, 39(2), 253–286. https://doi.org/10.1017/ssh.2015.3

● EALHAM, C. (2014). Spanish anarcho-syndicalists in Toulouse. Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 91(1–2).

● GARRUÉS IRURZUN, J. A., & Rubio Mondéjar, J. A. (2004). Redes empresariales e integración económica regional en perspectiva histórica: El caso de Andalucía. Universidad de Granada.

● GONZÁLEZ DE MOLINA, M., & Gómez Oliver, M. (Coords.). (2000). Historia contemporánea de Andalucía. Junta de Andalucía.

● GONZÁLEZ DE MOLINA, M., & Parejo, A. (2004). La historia de Andalucía a debate III: Industrialización y desindustrialización en Andalucía. Anthropos.

● HERNÁNDEZ ARMENTEROS, S. (2001). Empresas de exportación de aceite de oliva, 1900–1903. Revista de Historia Económica, 19, 383–414.

● JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA, Instituto de Estadística y Cartografía de Andalucía. (2015). Atlas de historia económica de Andalucía (siglos XIX–XX). https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadisticaycartografia/dega/atlas-de-historia-economica-de-andalucia-siglos-xix-xx

● KAPLAN, T. (2016). Anarchists of Andalusia, 1868–1903. Princeton University Press.

● LACOMBA, J. A. (1993a). Depresión económica y crisis estructural: Andalucía en el último tercio del siglo XIX. In M. Martín Rodríguez (Ed.), Estructura económica de Andalucía (pp. 35–49). Espasa Calpe.

● LACOMBA, J. A. (1993b). Un crecimiento económico sin desarrollo: De los inicios de la industrialización a la crisis de 1866–74. In M. Martín Rodríguez (Ed.), Estructura económica de Andalucía (pp. 21–34). Espasa Calpe.

● LIZÁRRAGA, C. (2003). La formación del espacio económico andaluz. Universidad de Granada.

● MALEFAKIS, E. (1970). Agrarian reform and peasant revolution in Spain: Origins of the Civil War. Yale University Press.

● MARTÍN, M. (1990). Andalucía: luces y sombras de una industrialización. In J. Nadal & A. Carreras (Eds.), Pautas regionales de la industrialización española (siglos XIX y XX) (pp. 342–376). Ariel.

● MARTÍN, M. (1993). Evolución de las disparidades regionales: una perspectiva histórica. In J. L. García Delgado (Ed.), España, economía. Espasa-Calpe.

● MORILLA CRITZ, J. (1978). Gran capital y estancamiento económico en Andalucía: Banca y ferrocarriles en Málaga en el siglo XIX. Universidad de Málaga.

● MORILLAS, J. (1984). Las desventajas de una industrialización prematura: La industria andaluza en el siglo XIX. Revista de Historia Económica, 2(3), 97–111.

● MORILLAS, J. (1989). Cambios en la viticultura de Andalucía oriental durante la crisis de finales del siglo XIX. Revista de Historia Económica, 7(1), 157–193.

● NÚÑEZ, C. E. (1984). Comercio exterior y desarrollo económico: Reflexiones sobre el caso andaluz en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Revista de Historia Económica, 2(2), 91–110. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0212610900013136

● PELLEJERO MARTÍNEZ, C. (2005). Iniciativas y participación del sector público en el desarrollo del turismo. Papeles de Economía Española, 102.

● PAREJO BARRANCO, A. (2010). Historia económica de Andalucía contemporánea. Síntesis.

● PAREJO BARRANCO, A., & Zambrana, F. (1994). La modernización de la industria del aceite en España en los siglos XIX y XX. In J. Nadal & J. Catalán (Eds.), La cara oculta de la industrialización española (pp. 13–42). Alianza Universidad.

● PAREJO BARRANCO, A., & Sánchez, A. (Eds.). (1999). Economía andaluza e historia industrial: Estudios en homenaje a Jordi Nadal. Asukaria.

● PAREJO BARRANCO, A., & Sánchez Picón, A. (1999). La industrialización andaluza: Un balance historiográfico de veinticinco años de investigación. In Economía andaluza e historia industrial (pp. 13–64). Asukaria.

● SÁNCHEZ-PICÓN, A. (2011). Ejes de desarrollo en el sureste y la Andalucía mediterránea (c. 1800–2000). Historia Contemporánea. https://doi.org/10.1387/hc.4713

● SÁNCHEZ, M. A. (2001). Instrumentación de la política regional en Andalucía, 1946–2000. Instituto de Desarrollo Regional.

● SIMPSON, J., & Carmona, J. (2017). Too many workers or not enough land? The experience of land reform in Spain during the 1930s. Historia Agraria, 72, 37–68.

● SUBERT, A. (1992). The land and people of Spain. HarperCollins.

● TITOS MARTÍNEZ, M. (2003). El sistema financiero en Andalucía: Tres siglos de historia (1740–2000). Instituto de Estadística de Andalucía.

● TORRES, E. (1993). Turismo. In M. Martín Rodríguez (Ed.), Estructura económica de Andalucía (pp. 429–457). Espasa Calpe.

● TORTELLA, G. (1994). El desarrollo de la España contemporánea: Historia económica de los siglos XIX y XX. Alianza Universidad.

● VÁZQUEZ-FARIÑAS, M., Ortúñez-Goicolea, P. P., & Castro, M. (2021). Companies and entrepreneurs in the history of Spain: Centuries-long evolution in business since the 15th century. Palgrave Macmillan.

Recommended links

When using AI tools for the development of the course, students must adopt an ethical and responsible use of them. They must follow the recommendations contained in the document "Recommendations for the Use of Artificial Intelligence at the UGR," published at this location: https://ceprud.ugr.es/formacion-tic/inteligencia-artificial/recomendaciones-ia#contenido0.

AEHE, https://www.aehe.es/

The Spanish Association of Economic History (AEHE) has its origin in 1972, on the occasion of the I Congress of Economic History. With the support of the Bank of Spain, it was held on May 11 and 12, 1972 in Barcelona. Almost fifty economic historians participated, part of whose works were published as Acts in the book on Agriculture, colonial trade and economic growth in contemporary Spain (Ariel, 1974). That meeting was the first step for the birth of the Association.

Until 1980, the Association of Economic History (AHE) -as it was called then- did not endow itself with statutes and a minimum institutional infrastructure (General Secretariat, Presidency, Council, Assembly). That year the AHE was established in order to promote research, teaching and publications related to economic history. Unlike other associations, the position elected by the members of the Association has been that of Secretary General, with the President elected from among the members of the Council. Its first General Secretary was Gabriel Tortella Casares, professor at the University of Alcalá de Henares, and its first President was Mr. Felipe Ruiz Martín, professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid. In 1983 Gabriel Tortella founded and directed the Revista de Historia Económica – Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, although said journal was not directly linked to the AHE. Currently, the journal Investigaciones de Historia Económica is the official publication of the AEHE, published every four months since it stared in 2005.

Teaching methods

  • MD01. Docencia presencial en el aula 
  • MD02. Estudio individualizado del alumno, búsqueda, consulta y tratamiento de información, resolución de problemas y casos prácticos, y realización de trabajos y exposiciones. 
  • MD03. Tutorías individuales y/o colectivas y evaluación  

Assessment methods (Instruments, criteria and percentages)

Ordinary assessment session

According to the evaluation and qualification standards of the students of the University of Granada (last modification approved in the Government Council on October 26, 2016), the evaluation of the students' academic performance will respond to public, objective and impartial criteria, and It will preferably be continuous.

In order to evaluate the acquisition of the contents and competences to be developed in the subject, a diversified evaluation system will be used, selecting the most appropriate evaluation techniques for the subject at each moment, which allows to highlight the different knowledge and skills acquired. by the students when taking the course. Among the following evaluation techniques will be used some of them:

  • Written test: essay exams, objective tests, problem solving, cases or assumptions, short answer tests,
  • Oral test: oral presentations in class, individual, on contents of the subject (seminar) and on the execution of practical tasks corresponding to specific competences.
  • Observation: observation scales, where behaviors that the student performs in the execution of tasks or activities that correspond to the skills are ask.
  • Techniques based on attendance and active student participation in class, seminars and tutorials: work in small groups on proposed practical cases. Students who cannot follow this continuous assessment, which requires the specified commitments, will have the opportunity to take a final exam.

The rating system will be expressed by numerical rating in accordance with the provisions of art. 5 of R. D 1125/2003, of September 5, which establishes the European system of credits and the system of qualifications in university degrees.

The final grade of the student will be obtained by adding the weighted score of the different aspects and activities that make up the evaluation system. These may vary depending on the specific needs of the subjects that make up each subject and depending on the orientation defined by the knowledge areas responsible for imparting them. The evaluation system will be specified in the teaching sheets of the subjects that will be published in the websites of the degree and the Faculty for each course and will respond to the coordination between the teachers involved, the Departments and the Faculty. The following weightings are indicated as a guide:

Evaluation system

  • Final essay - 60%
  • Class practices - 40%
  • Attending more than 80% of the classes

Extraordinary assessment session

Final essay

Single final assessment

Final essay

Additional information

"All the material associated with this subject (whose availability will be provided through the PRADO platform of the University of Granada) is exclusively for the students of the Bachelor´s Degree in Economics at the mentioned University. Therefore, its reproduction or dissemination, in whole or in part, through any means or device (including platforms and websites such as Wuolah, Docsity, and similar ones) is strictly prohibited. Any improper action will constitute a violation of current regulations, and appropriate legal responsibilities may arise.

In this regard, the dissemination of class materials (in whole or in part) in which the teaching staff of the subject has participated will be considered as plagiarism and/or a crime. This includes maps, texts (including the text of PowerPoint slides), graphics, diagrams, figures, etc.

Unauthorized appropriation of copyright constitutes a crime and will entail corresponding penalties and measures."

When using AI tools for the development of the subject, the student must adopt an ethical and responsible use of them. The recommendations contained in the document "Recommendations for the use of artificial intelligence at the UGR" published at this location must be followed: https://ceprud.ugr.es/formacion-tic/inteligencia-artificial/recomendaciones-ia#contenido0

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