HIST639P
Special Topics in History; Global Commodity Histories
Explores the history of global capitalism through case studies of specific commodities, from the expansion of European empires through the cultivation of rice, sugar, and cotton in the 18th-19th c. to the rise of coal and oil energy regimes and mass consumerism in 20th c. nation-states to the new frontiers of commodifying bodies and data in the early 21st c.
Sister Courses: HIST639B, HIST639C, HIST639D, HIST639F, HIST639I, HIST639J, HIST639K, HIST639L, HIST639M, HIST639N, HIST639O, HIST639Q, HIST639R, HIST639T, HIST639V, HIST639X, HIST639Y, HIST639Z
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