AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY   [Archived Catalog]
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HIST 1645 - AMERICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY


Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course presents a survey of the strategic factors in the economic development of the United States from colonial times to the great depression. The topics covered include the record of economic growth, the process industrialization and its major phases, British mercantilism, the role of technological change, demographic history, the slave economy, distribution of income, urbanization, and the financial sector.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.


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