Globalization and Its Discontents
This graduate course will explore the economic, cultural, political, and social history of globalization and de-globalization in Europe and the United States since the late-eighteenth century. Taking the perspective that “globalization” is not a teleological process, but one with pauses and reversals, we will analyze how Europeans and Americans have responded to mass migration; global economies in the production, distribution, and consumption of commodities; the rise of international finance; the “globalization” of culture; and relationships between globalization and empire, nationalism, and mass politics (including socialism, fascism, and populism). We will consider the history of Europeans and Americans both as “globalizers” and as opponents of globalization, as well as at responses to Europe and the United States as global powers.
HIST 62302 | CCCT 62302 | HMRT 62302
