21H.382 | Fall 2016 | Undergraduate

Capitalism in the Age of Revolution

Calendar

SES # TOPICS KEY DUE DATES
1 Introduction  
2 Perspectives on Capitalism and Financial Crisis  
3

The Mississippi Bubble

Screening

cwhite2000. “The Ascent of Money 2008 Episode 3 Blowing Bubbles.” August 2, 2014. YouTube.

 
4

The South Sea Bubble

Research visit field trip to the South Sea Bubble Resources Collection in the Kress Collection at the Baker Library, Harvard Business School

 
5 Monopoly Capitalism and Financial Innovation Paper 1 due
6 Plantation Capitalism  
7 The Question of Money (some Anglo-American examples)  
8 Tea, the American Revolution, and the British Empire  
9 The Economic and Financial Origins of the French Revolution (I)  
10 The Economic and Financial Origins of the French Revolution (II)  
11 The Revolutionary Origins of American Capitalism  
12 Slavery and American Capitalism (I) Paper 2 due  
13 Slavery and American Capitalism (II)  
14 Capitalism Today  
15 Final class Paper 3 due

Course Info

Departments
As Taught In
Fall 2016
Learning Resource Types
Written Assignments with Examples