| Course Title: History of Global Inequality |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: Why are some nations so much richer and more powerful than others? This course demonstrates that global inequality is not natural; it has a history. Exploring patterns of exchange that developed among regions of the world over the past 600 years, we will ask about the role of power in the establishment of practices of production and exchange. We will explore how cross-regional productive systems benefited some participants at the expense of others. Having traced the consequences of unequal exchange over several centuries, we will ask how global trade and production would have to change for all participants to benefit equally. The course includes a community-based learning component. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , MP - Multicultural Perspectives |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Holly Hanson | 413-538-2094 | hhanson@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Discussion | Monday and Wednesday | 09:30AM - 10:45AM | SKNR - Skinner Hall | 216 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies major | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| AFCNA0001 | AFCNA: Africana Studies minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Africana Studies major and/or minor. |
| NXDEV0001 | NXDEV: Nexus in Development Studies | This course is approved for the Development Studies Nexus track. |
| EOS0003 | EOS-3: Structures of Inequality | This course has been approved to count towards the EOS minor in the Structures of Inequality subject area |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 38 | Enrollment: 31 | Available: 7 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Haves and the Have-Nots Author: Milanovic, Branko Copyright: 2011 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780465031412 Publisher: Basic Books |
Required | 14.75 |
| Title: The Diligent: A Voyage through the Worlds of the Slave Trade Author: Harms, Robert Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780786724796 Publisher: Basic Books |
Required | 20.95 |
| Title: Everyday Sustainability: Gender Justice and Fair Trade Tea in Darjeeling Author: Sen, Debarati Copyright: 2018 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 1438467141 Publisher: Suny Press |
Required | 21.95 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at The Odyssey Bookshop |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: I strongly urge class participants to purchase books at the Odyssey - they do a great job of getting clean used copies, returns are much easier if you decide to not take the class and (this is the most important) if we want to have the benefit of a bookshop across the street, bringing in authors, etc., we have to support it! |