Subject: History
Credit units: 3
Offered: Either Term 1 or Term 2
Weekly hours: 3 Seminar/Discussion hours
College: Arts and Science
Department: History
Description
This seminar examines the global history of capitalism from the Atlantic slave trade to the Great Depression. Topics include the commodification of people, goods, land, and labour; the rise of corporations, industrial production, and financial markets; and the ecological and social consequences of capitalist expansion. Engaging with diverse perspectives, from economic historians and postcolonial scholars to political economists and environmental historians, students grapple with a central question: how has capitalism endured and reinvented itself despite regular crises?
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of senior-level HIST, of which 3 credit units must be 300-level, or permission of the instructor/department.
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