2022-2023 Graduate Bulletin

ECO 711 Economic History

This course introduces broad themes in economic history by exploring a small number of topics in depth. Topics include the transition from feudalism to capitalism; U.S. slavery, the emergence of wage labor, and the southern regional economy; the rise of the large- scale firm; and instability, depression, and structural change in the twentieth-century world economy. Particular emphasis will be placed on the development of economic and political institutions.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

None