economic history

Discusses the history and the factors that fostered industrialization in European countries.

Discusses the impact of better transportation via the railroad, steamship, and canal travel which made the industrialization of America easier.

Discusses the factors that led the United States into becoming an industrialized nation.

Discusses the factors involved in the spread of the industrial revolution from its birthplace in England to other European countries and beyond.

Recounts the history of the industrial revolution in Great Britain, as society changed from reliance on agriculture and trade to modern manufacturing.

Examines the financial practices that led to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and how people around the world were affected.

Examines the growing world economy and the resulting increased pressures on the environment and social welfare across the globe, especially within the context of the United Nations.

Analyzes the economic functions, powers and limitations of cities and the uneasy relationship of cities with the national governments that preside over them.

A study of power in the 1990s and beyond traces the shifting global power structures and describes how the very definition of power has changed in modern times.