13178bHU
Seminar
SoSe 18: Kinship in a Globalizing Economy. Entrepreneurial families in the long 19th Century
Martin Lutz
Comments
Families matter in the modern global economy. The history of economic globalization is much more than a mere story of technological innovation, the expansion of markets and the spread of capitalist practices. As sociologist Mark Granovetter argued in a seminal paper in 1985, economic action is “embedded” in social structures. Social historians have shown in recent studies how familial networks in particular have shaped the economic globalization through kinship networks across national boundaries.
The seminar draws on this ongoing debate and looks at kinship ties in transnational entrepreneurial families between 1800 and 1914. We will first look at theoretical foundations in social history, business history and sociology. Second, students will develop case studies on specific families and their transnational connections based on empirical analyses. Third, the case analyses will contribute to the current debate on the structural origins of global capitalism and its driving actors.
Basic Readings
Granovetter, Mark. “Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness.” American Journal of Sociology 91, no. 3 (1985): 481–510. Sabean, David Warren, Simon Teuscher, and Jon Mathieu, eds. Kinship in Europe: Approaches to long-term developments (1300-1900). 2nd ed. New York: Berghahn Books, 2010.
Johnson, Christopher H., David Warren Sabean, Simon Teuscher, and Francesca Trivellato, eds. Transregional and Transnational Families in Europe and Beyond: Experiences Since the Middle Ages. New York: Berghahn Books, 2011. close
The seminar draws on this ongoing debate and looks at kinship ties in transnational entrepreneurial families between 1800 and 1914. We will first look at theoretical foundations in social history, business history and sociology. Second, students will develop case studies on specific families and their transnational connections based on empirical analyses. Third, the case analyses will contribute to the current debate on the structural origins of global capitalism and its driving actors.
Basic Readings
Granovetter, Mark. “Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness.” American Journal of Sociology 91, no. 3 (1985): 481–510. Sabean, David Warren, Simon Teuscher, and Jon Mathieu, eds. Kinship in Europe: Approaches to long-term developments (1300-1900). 2nd ed. New York: Berghahn Books, 2010.
Johnson, Christopher H., David Warren Sabean, Simon Teuscher, and Francesca Trivellato, eds. Transregional and Transnational Families in Europe and Beyond: Experiences Since the Middle Ages. New York: Berghahn Books, 2011. close
14 Class schedule
Regular appointments
Wed, 2018-04-18 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-04-25 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-05-02 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-05-09 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-05-16 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-05-23 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-05-30 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-06-06 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-06-13 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-06-20 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-06-27 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-07-04 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-07-11 10:00 - 12:00
Wed, 2018-07-18 10:00 - 12:00