Crash Course
The Industrial Economy
Delve into the nitty-gritty of American industrialization in the decades after the Civil War, a period which saw the introduction of a national currency, dramatic population and economic growth, and the birth of the first modern...
BBC
Bbc News: Bangladeshi Workers Pay Price for West's Cheap Clothes
This article discusses child labor and other disturbing methods that allow clothing to be made cheaply in Bangladesh to serve the Western market. Includes video discussing the April 2013 factory collapse that killed 1,034 adult and child...
CNN
Cnn: Christiane Amanpour: Bangladesh's Pm: 'Accidents Happen'
In this video, reporter Christiane Amanpour questions Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina about why more was not done to prevent the large scale disaster and loss of life that occurred Bangladesh's Rana Plaza garment factories in April 2013....