From Enlightenment to Depression: Economics from the 1770s to the 1930s
Thursdays, 10.30am – 12.30 pm
Starts: 29th October
Anita Fernandez
5-week course: £45.00
By the 1770s, world trade was expanding rapidly, but much of that prosperity was built on slavery and empire. This fascinating course explores how economic ideas and forces shaped the modern world, from the Industrial Revolution and the Irish Famine to the Railway Age, global communications and the First World War.
Along the way, we will examine the economics behind major social and political movements, including the rise of the suffragettes, the Dust Bowl, the Jarrow March and the emergence of Nazism. We will explore competing economic theories such as laissez-faire capitalism, socialism, isolationism and totalitarianism, while asking a fundamental question: how closely are economics and politics connected?
An engaging journey through a period of extraordinary change that helped create the world we know today.
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