A revolution is a time of momentous change, during which old ways of doing things change quickly. You are living through a ‘technological revolution' that has dramatically changed the way you work, communicate and process information today. To the people 200 years ago, the changes in how things were made, transported, grown, traded and the conditions they lived in were every bit as revolutionary as the technological changes happening today.

This elective will explore those changes and how they led to the biggest movement of people (both voluntary and involuntary) in history.