Note: Only certain selected classes will be shared here
Economics 272 (Bates College): Economic History of North America to 1914
Syllabus
Lecture #1 : What is Economic History
Lecture #2: Were people from the past irrational morons?
Lecture #3: Governance, Institutions and Public Choice Theory
Lecture #4: Colonial Origins of Divergence
Lecture #5: Health, Institutions and the Antebellum Puzzle
Lecture #6: Slavery and the Antebellum South
Lecture #7: Postbellum America and the Living Standards of African Americans
Lecture #8: The Robber Barrons and the Gilded Age
Lecture #9: The Economic Condition of Women
Lecture #10: Native Americans
Final Exam
Economics 2175 (King’s University College): Economic History of Canada to 1914
Lecture # 1: What is Economic History (updated from ECON 272 from Bates College)
Lecture #2: Were people from the past irrational morons? (updated from ECON 272 from Bates College)
Lecture #3: Governance, Institutions and Public Choice Theory (updated from ECON 272 from Bates College)
Lecture #4: Colonial Origins of Divergence (updated from ECON 272 from Bates College)
Lecture #5: Mercantilism and Colonial Origins of Divergence (new materials)
Lecture #6: Seigneurial Tenure, Coerced Labour and Colonial Origins of Divergence (new materials)
Lecture #7: Health, Demography and Urbanization (new materials)
Lecture #8: Confederation, Tariffs and Anti-Combines (new materials)
Lecture #9: Native Economies (new materials)
Lecture #10: Wars and Living Standards (new materials)
Vincent Geloso 