HIST639P

Special Topics in History; Global Commodity Histories

Explores the history of global capitalism through case studies of specific commodities, from the expansion of European empires through the cultivation of rice, sugar, and cotton in the 18th-19th c. to the rise of coal and oil energy regimes and mass consumerism in 20th c. nation-states to the new frontiers of commodifying bodies and data in the early 21st c.

Sister Courses: HIST639A, HIST639B, HIST639C, HIST639D, HIST639F, HIST639I, HIST639J, HIST639K, HIST639L, HIST639M, HIST639N, HIST639O, HIST639Q, HIST639R, HIST639T, HIST639V, HIST639X, HIST639Y, HIST639Z

Spring 2025

Deokhyo Choi

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Past Semesters

Mircea Raianu

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Include P/F semesters During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

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