Sociology/Rural Sociology 335 Fall 1999

GCB - 105 12:30-1:45pm


Daryl Hobbs - Professor hobbsd@umsystem.edu

630 Clark Hall 

882-7396

Troy Lepper  c603668@showme.missouri.edu

225 Gentry

882-2893

Office hours by appointment


Text: Landes, David S, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. New York. W. W. Norton & Co., Inc. 1999.

McMichael, Philip Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press. 1996.

Theobald, Paul, Teaching the Commons: Place, Pride and Renewal of Community. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 1997

Syllabus:    Course Syllabus - Sociology/Rural Sociology 335 Fall 1999

Class Notes:
 
 

Class 3    Despotism and Private Property

Class 4    European Global Exploration and Expansion

Class 5    Elaboration of Empire

Class 6    Evolving the "rules" of Capitalism

Class 6a  Transition Toward the Modern State

Class 7a  Winners & Losers

Class 7b  "Industrial Revolution"

Class 9   Solidifying Industrialization

Class 10  The Wealth of Knowledge

Class 11  Concurrent Histories

Class 12   Pre - Industrial Japan

Class 13   A different Connection of Religion, Culture, State and Economy

Class 14   The 20th Century Dynamics of Change and Development

Class 15    Sample Mid-term Test

Class 16    Some Perspectives of the Global Economy

Class 16g    "                                                            "

Class 16b    "                                                            "

Class 18       Why the Rich get Richer & Poor Become Poorer

                  Sample Final Test
 

 

 
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World Trade Organization
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U.S. State Department
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IGC Internet
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World Economy- Internet links of the Development and Peace Foundation
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University of Washington UW Gateway to the World Trade Organization
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World trade Organization State Page
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Export-Import Global Business Help Center
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