2023-2024 Catalog

HST-150 Empires & Globalization in World History II

This is the second of the two-course series of Empires and Globalization in World History. Course discusses the origins and development of globalization and capitalism from the perspective of economic history. Major issues include state-making, wars, and the rivalry among early modern empires, economic development, the Industrial Revolution and the formation of the global trade system. The specific topics may change every year due to new academic developments and publications.

Credits

4

Core Curriculum

  • Social and Intellectual History

Offered

Spring