ECON 22100 /32100 - Colonization,Servitude,and Slavery:The Early American Experience

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University of Chicago

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Description:

PQ: ECON 20100. This course considers economic analysis of the early American labor market, drawing on new research on the economic and social history of the colonies. Topics include the English background and economic stimulus to colonization, the economics of the Jamestown experiment, mortality in the early colonies, the economics of white indentured servitude, opportunities for immigrants, the economics of the transatlantic slave trade, the growth of black slavery, and the wealth of the colonies. D. Galenson. Winter.

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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