Wednesday, September 19
What are relationships between the political changes (from the nineteenth to twentieth centuries) to the structures of capitalism? How can we link back our understanding modern globalization to earlier periods of empire? How do new structures of the world economy shape “globalization from above” and challenge or maintain American hegemony?
Required Readings
Jurgen Osterhammel and Niels P. Peterson, Globalization: A Short History, Part V through VII.
International Monetary Fund Factsheet
Global Exchange, World Bank/IMF Factsheet
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In-Class Film Screening
Stephanie Black, Life & Debt
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