ECON 3330 - TOPICS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores the economic history of the United States from European settlement up to the recent past. Topics covered will include: the origins of American industrial growth; the political economy of the constitution and constitutional ratification; economic and environmental change; the welfare effects of industrialization; the industrial organization of the great trusts, such as standard oil and American tobacco; the sources and consequences of regulatory change; and the great depression and the new deal. The course will train students in the tools and methods of the economic historian. In this way, the course will consider a wide body of theory and empirical tools that can be applied to the study of history and historical change. The course readings will be a mix of old classic articles and more recent work.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SNC Basis

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