Status
O
Activity
LEC
Title (text only)
HIST161 - AMERICAN CAPITALISM
Term
2013A
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
401
Section ID
HIST161401
Registration notes
SOCIETY SECTOR
Meeting times
TR 0130PM-0300PM
Meeting location
DAVID RITTENHOUSE LAB A5
Instructors
LICHT, WALTER M.
Description
A broad overview of American economic history will be provided by focusing on the following topics: colonial trade patterns, the growth of the market economy, the political economy of slavery, industrial expansion, segmentation in the labor force and changes in work, technological and organizational innovations, business cycles, the rise of the corporate welfare state, the growth of monopoly capitalism, and current economic problems in historical perspective.
Course number only
161
Cross listings
ECON014401
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false