Technology, Inequality, and Globalization

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This course is a critical and historical examination of the ways in which technology operates as a historical force in the history of the modern world. From the role of European imperial expansion in 19th century industrialization and mechanization to the development of transportation, nuclear, digital and information technologies in the 20th century, we consider the mutually constitutive relationship between technology, dynamics of globalization and capitalism, and social difference (race, gender, class, and sexuality).