ECO 711
Economic History · 3 credits · Fall 2026
Requirements
Matriculated in the Master of Arts program in Economics
About this course
This course introduces broad themes in economic history by exploring a small number of topics in depth. Topics include the transition from feudalism to capitalism; U.S. slavery, the emergence of wage labor, and the southern regional economy; the rise of the large- scale firm; and instability, depression, and structural change in the twentieth-century world economy. Particular emphasis will be placed on the development of economic and political institutions.
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