Above: A good look at the horrors of the Potosi mine.

Sorry for the delay in getting this forum up. I hope your holiday is going well.

I want you to know, I'm serious about this chapter and this assignment. I would not be doing you a service if I failed to keep this cource moving forward. I was generous about the final, but don't take that as signal that I'll be easing up. We need to get everyone in a WHAP state of mind over the next few months, and that begins now!

This economic history has all the themes and motiffs we see in the world we watch in our news feeds and in the concerns and elation spread on social media. Here is where that world began - social inequality, exploitation, amazing advances in the application of science. Zero in and get to a deep understanding of these events and trends.