Spring 2006
HIS 365G • US Economic History since 1880
| Unique | Days | Time | Location | Instructor |
| 39020 |
-TBA |
-TBA--TBA |
|
Clarke, S |
Course Description
Students will assess the development of the United States economy in the years since 1865. The readings and lectures will present material from different perspectives, such as that of labor, management, the entrepreneur, and the state. Students will write three essays synthesizing the readings and lectures to arrive at their own accounts of the performance of the economy as well as the consequences of economic growth for social welfare.
Partially fulfills legislative requirement for American history.
Texts
Possible readings: Lizabeth Cohen, Making a New Deal. Thomas Sugrue, Origins of the Urban Crisis. Thomas McCraw, Prophets of Regulation. David Hounshell, From the American System to Mass Production. Arthur Norberg and Judith ONeill, Transforming Computer Technology.
