History 201-206 seminars are open to history majors only during pre-registration. If the course does not reach its enrollment maximum, it will be open to all students beginning with drop/add on a first-come first-serve basis.
HIST 206 Comparative Industrializations
Drew
Taught as schedule allows (consult the Course Directory)
R | SEM
This course examines the process of industrialization in a comparative perspective and integrates the history of industrialization and its social consequences for Western Europe, the United States, Latin America, East Asia and China. By analyzing an important transition period in which these countries moved away from an agricultural society toward an industrial society, we gain a historically informed perspective on industrialization and the idea of development. In this course, we will analyze the process of industrialization on two levels—'from above' and 'from below'. The history 'from above' will tend to focus on the role of the state and the impact of late industrialization. The history 'from below' offers a view of factory life, industrial relations, and protest from the perspective of workers in various industries.
