History
HIST 2011: Capitalism and Business: A Global History
Seminar - 4 credits
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- Analyzes the emergence of capitalism as a global system, from the emergence of early modern market societies to today’s globalization and its discontents.
- Considers how technological and geopolitical developments changed the economic lives of people around the world and how those people responded.
- Examines historical debates about ethics of redistribution and economic justice.
- Topics include empire and slavery, industrialization and deindustrialization, moral economy and market societies, and finance and speculation, as well as the histories of money, commodities, and consumer cultures.
- Sources include historical scholarship, archive documents, economic philosophy, and cultural production such as novels, music, and art.
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