HIST 026. Frontiers of Capitalism

This course explores key questions about power, agency, and historical change that are raised by the study of capitalism in the non-Western world. In the process, it investigates how geographic, social, cultural, and ecological differences have been produced features of capitalist environments outside of Europe over the last 500 years.
Concentrations: Capitalism
Prerequisite: Previous course in the department or instructor approval.
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Eligible for Method/Theory. Concentrations: Capitalism
Spring 2026. Shokr.
Catalog chapter: History
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/history

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