his2hts slavery and human trafficking

SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING: FORCED LABOUR IN THE MAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD

HIS2HTS

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

This subject will chart the social and economic histories of evolving regimes of slavery, forced labour and human trafficking in the making of the modern world. Beginning in the 1400s students will be asked to evaluate the philosophical underpinnings that justified the mass enslavement of human beings, and the thinking that allowed people to be bought, sold and traded as commodities. The sorts of questions students will be asked to explore include what were the social and economic factors that shaped attitudes that promoted or accepted slavery? What were the conditions of enslavement, resistance, and accommodation that have shaped the histories of bonded workers? And how did the forced mobility, or diaspora, of human trafficking impact the modern world? We will also consider the practical and social function of slavery and forced labour regimes in the United State' pre-Civil War, Caribbean, Latin America and the Pacific.

FacultyFaculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

Credit points15

Subject Co-ordinatorClaudia Haake

Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes

Subject year levelYear Level 2 - UG

Exchange StudentsYes

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites 15 credit points of History at first year and another 15 credit points of History or another discipline

Co-requisitesN/A

Incompatible subjects HIS3HTS

Equivalent subjectsN/A

Special conditionsN/A

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Start date between: and    Key dates

Melbourne, 2014, Semester 1, Day

Overview

Online enrolmentYes

Maximum enrolment sizeN/A

Enrolment information

Subject Instance Co-ordinatorClaudia Haake

Class requirements

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 1.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

LectureWeek: 10 - 22
One 2.0 hours lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.

Assessments

Assessment elementComments%
Bibliography and Research Essay Plan, 500 words10
Final In-Class Reflective Essay/Exam, 1000 words40
Major Research Essay, 2000 words40
Tutorial and online discussion, 500 words10