彩民宝典

鈥淒evelopment鈥濃�攁nd its myriad cognates, including 鈥渦nderdevelopment,鈥� 鈥渦neven development,鈥� 鈥渄eveloping nations,鈥� 鈥渉uman development index鈥� and so forth鈥攈as been the central paradigm framing colonial and postcolonial geopolitical and economic structures over the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The aim of this graduate course is twofold: first, we will trace the history and evolution...

This course focuses on the role played by the intersection of commerce and culture in the creation of a global imaginary in the long eighteenth century. In particular, we shall study the feedback loop that obtained between financial capitalism and joint-stock companies like the South Sea, Mississippi, and East India...