Wednesday, September 12
What do we mean by “globalization” and how is it useful as a concept? What are the links to imperialism, and colonialism? What does a world economy include?
Required Readings
- Jurgen Osterhammel and Niels P. Peterson, Globalization: A Short History, Preface through Part IV (pages vii through 80).
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Supplemental Materials
- Excerpts from Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution (analysis of Britain, industrialization, and slave trade)
- Excerpts from Cedric Robinson, Black Marxism (analysis of role of slave trade in emergence of capitalist world economy)
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