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Acquisition of basic skills for dealing with historic sources and presentations in Economic and Social History as well as skills in presenting the newly acquired knowledge orally as well as in writing. Acquisition of basic knowledge and application of relevant methods aiding scientific research.

Input presentations of the teacher, group work, discussion of literature, oral and written presentations.

Course with continuous performance assessment: attendance at all sessions, regular and active participation in discussions, readings and short assignments, oral presentation and written paper with a volume of 30,000-37,500 characters (approx. 12-15 pages).

Basic reading:

Christoph Maria Merki, transport history and mobility (UTB 3025), Stuttgart 2008.

The participants must find the other literature for thematic fields independently and consciously, crossing subdisciplines, and prepare it for discussion.