Patterns of Capitalism in Europe: C.16th to early 20th Century.

The story of capitalism as a phenomenon has not always been studied at the global level. Bulk of the academic literature that exists have tended to study capitalism in its heartland of Europe. However, any study of capitalism in the 19th and 20th centuries is incomplete without a treatment of how the phenomenon spread to the rest of the world, and gave rise to two of the biggest pivots of capitalism in the world today – USA and China. The proposed course aims at studying the phenomenon from its European origins to its global spread from the 16th century to the 20th.

COURSE LAYOUTWeek 1:Module 1: Transition Debate-IModule 2: Transition Debate-IIModule 3: Transition Debate-IIIModule 4: Rise of Capitalism Week 2:Module 5: The Commercial Revolution and the “World System”Module 6: Industrialisation before IndustrialisationModule 7: The Industrial RevolutionModule 8: Industrial revolution and the emergence of Industrial Societies in Europe Week 3:Module 9: Industrial Revolution Great BritainModule 10: Great BritainModule 11: Industrial Revolution: France Week 4:Module 12: German industrialization: Its' problemsModule 13: Industrialization in Continental Europe: GermanyModule 14: Industrialization in Russia Week 5:Module 15: Industrialization in Russia: Role of Russian StateModule 16: Theories of imperialism or The Age of EmpireModule 17: Scramble for colonies or Clash of Empires Week 6:Module 18: The Crisis of Global Capitalism: the Great War and the Great DepressionModule 19: Capitalism beyond Europe: the Wealth and Poverty of NationsModule 20: The Great Divergence : the challenge of Kenneth Pomeranz