Minor in Security Studies - Wealth & Power in N. America HIST 3292   Wealth & Power in N. America
CREDIT HOURS: 3
This course explores the history of American capitalism from the colonial period to present. Among the major topics treated include agriculture, labor, and commerce in the colonial-era Atlantic world; slavery and its afterlife; industrialization and the rise of "big business"; the development of consumer culture; the rise and decline of organized labor; the changing position of the United States in the global economy, and recent trends toward deindustrialization and growing inequalities of income and wealth.
FORMAT:

• Lecture
• Discussion

PREREQUISITES: One class in Canadian or U.S. history, or an appropriate class in a related discipline
EXCLUSIONS: HIST 3293.06