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Academic Year 2000/2001
The Sociology of the Capitalist World-System
SOC 264 FA
Linked Course: HIST251
This course will examine critically different perspectives on the origins, development, characteristics, and tendencies of the capitalist world-system. The course will focus primarily on the debates on the historical
origins of modern capitalism and
its ideologies, and the roles that colonialism, mercantilism, international trade, and slavery played in the uneven development of the world-system. Included will be readings from Eric Hobsbawm, Karl Marx, Sidney Mintz,
Eric Wolf, Adam Smith, Immanuel
Wallerstein, Max Weber, and Eric Williams, among others.
MAJOR READINGS
Eric Wolf, EUROPE AND THE PEOPLE WITHOUT HISTORY
J.M. Blaut, THE COLONIZER'S MODEL OF THE WORLD
Eric Hobsbawm, THE AGE OF CAPITAL, 1848-1875
Karl Marx, selections from CAPITAL, Vols. 1 and 3
Sidney Mintz,
SWEETNESS AND POWER: THE PLACE OF
SUGAR IN MODERN HISTORY
Karl Polanyi, THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION: THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ORIGINS OF OUR TIME.
Adam Smith, AN INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
Immanuel Wallerstein,
THE CAPITALIST WORLD-SYSTEM
Eric
Williams, CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY
Andre Gunder Frank, LATIN AMERICA: IMPERIALISM OR REVOLUTION
Max Weber, THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three take-home essays (7-10 pages each).
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Preference given to students who are simultaneously enrolling in HIST251. This course is an FYI course but will also admit sophomores. To gain admission to this course freshmen must enroll simultaneously in Sec.01 of
HIST251 and sophomores in Sec.02 of
HIST251.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS SOC
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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