Our events
World History Study Group - March 2012
World Savvy Admin
March 15th 2012 - March 15th 2012
LOCATION: Mercy High School in San Francisco.
3250 Nineteenth Avenue (across from SFSU and Stonestown Galleria).
TIME: 5:00-7:00 pm on the 3rd Thursday of each month from October to April during the school year.
Books to be decided:
- March 15, 2012
To Register: You may register online or by contacting Kelly Korenak at World Savvy, by calling 415-292-7421 or emailing kelly@worldsavvy.org.
This year's topic will focus on one of the most important topics to both world history and contemporary political economy: the relationship of regional trading networks to the global economy. We will begin with a work of historical fiction: A Conspiracy of Paper by David Liss, set in London in the period leading up to the bursting of the South Sea Bubble in 1720.
Our non-fiction selections will begin with a romp through some classical political economy (i.e. Adam Smith), the group then plans to study how different world trading regions became integrated, or refused to be integrated, into an emerging global political economy. Though each region approached its local and regional economy differently, every region eventually had to deal with neighboring regions as they engaged in commerce with each other. As usual, a mix of history and historical fiction (along with a smattering of social sciences) will be selected by the group's participants.
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