HST 377 HISTORY OF BUSINESS IN THE U.S.

This course will examine the historical development of business in the United States from the colonial period to the present, as well as the relationship between events in the U.S. and the development of global forms of capitalism. Students will examine topics such as trade networks in the Atlantic World, the advent of slavery and the slave economy, the rise of big business and the development of the modern corporation, and the relationship between management and labor.