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ECO 3314 - U.S. Economic History

Credits: 4
Covers selected topics from the pre-colonial period to the end of the 19th century. Includes the transformation of pre- colonialism, “native” economies, the economics of European colonialism, pre-Revolutionary self-subsistence and feudal agriculture, slavery and the slave trade, the transition to capitalism, industrialization with special attention to the Merrimack Valley, the creation of a national market, and the rise of the labor movement.
Prerequisite(s): ECO 1201  or ECO 1203
Fulfills: Social Science distribution requirement. SOSC requirement or H in LS Core.