US Economic History

Syllabus

Broad course outline (see below for details)  

Week 1. Introduction

Week 2. American Economic Growth: Agriculture, Resources, and Railroads

Week 3: Race in the South – Slavery, Reconstruction, and the Great Migration

Week 4: Presentation of Research Proposals

Week 5: The Age of Mass Migration

Week 6: Education, Family, Children, and Gender

Week 7: Innovation and Organization – The Second Industrial Revolution

Week 8: Culture in US Economic History

Week 9: Cities and Segregation

Week 10: The World Wars and the Interwar Period

Week 11: World War II and Beyond

Week 12: Final Research Presentations