A renowned economic historian reveals the (sometimes surprising) ways money has shaped global politics, innovation, and discovery.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Self-Interest, Human Survival, and History
- 02: Marco Polo, China, and Silk Road Trade
- 03: Manorial Society in Medieval Europe
- 04: How Black Death Reshaped Town and Field
- 05: Late-14th-Century Guilds and Monopolies
- 06: European Discovery Routes: East and West
- 07: 1571: Spain, Portugal Encircle the Globe
- 08: Old World Bourses and Market Information
- 09: The Europeans' Plantation Labor Problem
- 10: Adam Smith, Mercantilism, State Building
- 11: British and Dutch Joint-Stock Companies
- 12: Europe, the Printing Press, and Science
- 13: The Industrious Revolution: Demand Grows
- 14: Why Didn't China Industrialize Earlier?
- 15: 18th-Century Agriculture and Production
- 16: Industrial Revolution: The Textile Trade
- 17: British Coal, Coke, and a New Age of Iron
- 18: Power: From Peat Bogs to Steam Engines
- 19: A Second Industrial Revolution after 1850
- 20: Family Labor Evolves into Factory Work
- 21: Cornelius Vanderbilt and the Modern Firm
- 22: 19th-Century Farm Technology, Land Reform
- 23: Speeding Up: Canals, Steamships, Railroads
- 24: European Urbanization and Emigration
- 25: Unions, Strikes, and the Haymarket Affair
- 26: Banks, Central Banks, and Modern States
- 27: Understanding Uneven Economic Development
- 28: Adam Smith's Argument for Free Trade
- 29: Middle-Class Catalogs and Mass Consumption
- 30: Imperialism: Land Grabs and Morality Plays
- 31: World War I: Industrial Powers Collide
- 32: Russia's Marxist-Leninist Experiment
- 33: The Trouble with the Gold Standard
- 34: Tariffs, Cartels, and John Maynard Keynes
- 35: Japanese Expansionism: Manchurian Incident
- 36: U.S. Aid and a Postwar Economic Miracle
- 37: Colonialism and the Independence Movement
- 38: Japan, the Transistor, and Asia's Tigers
- 39: The Welfare State: From Bismarck to Obama
- 40: The End of American Exceptionalism?
- 41: Middle East: From Pawn to Power Broker
- 42: Germany, the European Union, and the Euro
- 43: Free Trade: Global versus Regional Blocs
- 44: Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and the Soviet Decline
- 45: Half the World Left behind in Poverty
- 46: China, India: Two Paths to Wealth Extremes
- 47: The Information Economy: Telegraph to Tech
- 48: Leverage with Globalization in Its Grip
Taught by
Donald J. Harreld
