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Course Syllabus

HIST363: Global Perspectives on Industrialization

COURSE INTRODUCTION

Course Syllabus

Unit 1: Industrialization and Theories of Economic Change

1.1: The Industrial Revolution in England

1.2: Mercantilism

1.3: Capitalism and the Invisible Hand: Adam Smith

1.4: A National System: Friedrich List

1.5: The Communist Manifesto: Karl Marx

1.6: The Protestant Work Ethic: Max Weber

1.7: Creative Destruction: Joseph Schumpeter

1.8: Import Substitution Industrialization

1.9: The Stages of Growth Theory: Walt Rostow

1.10: Dependency Theory

Unit 1 Assessment

Unit 2: Ancient and Early Modern Industry

2.1: Applying Industry to Agriculture

2.2: Ancient Industrial Production

2.3: Early Merchant Capitalism

Unit 2 Assessment

Unit 3: Capitalism, Agriculture, Industry, and Trade

3.1: The Agricultural Revolution in Europe

3.2: Cottage Industry and Handicraft Production

3.3: The Columbian Exchange

3.4: The Atlantic Slave Trade: "Free" Labor from Africa

3.5: Proto-Industrialization and Trade in Qing China

3.6: The Opium Wars and Western Imperialism

Unit 3 Assessment

Unit 4: The Industrial Revolution in England

4.1: Coal Mining in England

4.2: The Steam Engine

4.3: Revolutionizing Wool and Cotton Spinning

4.4: Resistance to Mechanization

4.5: The Factory System

4.6: Iron

4.7: New Transportation Routes

Unit 4 Assessment

Unit 5: The Social and Political Impact of Industrialization

5.1: Urban Migration and Growth of Industrial Cities

5.2: Women as Industrial Workers

5.3: Widespread Use of Child Labor

5.4: A New Social Order in Victorian England

5.5: Wealth from Industry and Global Trade

5.6: Negative Effects of Industry Prompt Demands for Change

5.7: Political Reforms Stave Off Revolution in Britain

Unit 5 Assessment

Unit 6: Mass Production, the Labor Movement, and the Consumer Society

6.1: Large Corporations

6.2 Invention and Protection of Trade Secrets

6.3: Cartels and Monopoly Capitalism

6.4: Standardization and Industrial Management: Henry Ford and Frederick Taylor

6.5: Workers and Capitalists in the United States

6.6: Workers and Capitalists in Europe

6.7: Workers and Capitalists in Asia

6.8: Industrialized Agriculture

6.9: Mass Communications and Mass Marketing

Unit 6 Assessment

Unit 7: Economic Crisis and War in the 20th Century

7.1: Industrial Rivalry in Europe

7.2: Imperialism and the Scramble for Africa

7.3: Industrialized Warfare

7.4: The United States and World War I

7.5: American Boom and Bust in the 1920s

7.6: The U.S. Economy during the Second World War

7.7: Postwar Planning and the Bretton Woods Conference

7.8: The Marshall Plan

Unit 7 Assessment

Unit 8: Alternative Models of Industrialization

8.1: Early Days of the Soviet Union: Lenin's New Economic Policy

8.2: The Soviet Union: Stalinist Industrialization

8.3: The Great Divergence

8.4: The Chinese Revolution and the Great Leap Forward

8.5: Seclusion of Japan and New Industrial Policies

8.6: India: Industrialization under British Rule

Unit 8 Assessment

Study Guide

Course Feedback Survey

Certificate Final Exam

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