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HIST 273 - Money and Other Fictions: Early Modern Capitalism and Finance


Next Offered: 2011-2012
Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 4 Hours
Attribute: 4SS
This course explores the creation of capitalism and finance through the historical novels of David Liss: The Coffee Trader, A Conspiracy of Paper, and The Whiskey Rebels. We will discuss the political, social, and economic history of each setting (Amsterdam in the 1640s, London in the 1730s, and Philadelphia and New York in the 1790s) and analyze the making of markets, money, speculation, trade, and industry in the early modern world.
Enrollment Limit: 25
Instructor: Staff


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