COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC HISTORY

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The goal of this course is to introduce students to recent research in economic history and to prepare them to undertake their economics history research. It will be grounded in a consideration of diverse comparative case studies. Students will work to find what differentiates economic histories and what histories share. Topics include comparative economic growth and development, as well as the contours of globalization. Students are encouraged to take a comparative approach to common questions, such as how have different societies industrialized and how to explain the income inequality within and among nations. 002013