People in International & Global History

Sven Beckert, Professor of History

Areas of interest

Nineteenth-century United States, with particular emphasis on social and economic history. Interests include the social history of politics in the era of the Civil War, business history, and the history of the United States in global perspective. Courses on nineteenth century American capitalism, Gilded Age America, labor history and global capitalism. Currently at work on a global history of cotton in the nineteenth century.

Publications

The Monied Metropolis: New York City and the Consolidation of the American Bourgeoisie (Cambridge University Press, 2001. paperback, 2003)
"Democracy and its Discontents: Contesting Suffrage Rights in Gilded Age New York," in Past and Present (February 2002), pp. 114-155

Courses
fall

1651: History of American Capitalism
2650hf: The Political Economy of North America: Seminar

spring

1632: Gilded Age America: Economy, Society and Politics: Conference Course
2602: Readings in the History of the United States in the 19th Century: Proseminar
2650hf: The Political Economy of North America: Seminar

Contact Information

Phone: 617-495-0697
Office: Robinson 210
Email: beckert@fas.harvard.edu