Description
Description?of?Assignment:?For?this?assignment?there?are?two?options:
1.?Write?an?original?research?paper?of?interest?on?an?aspect?of?the?history?of?capitalism;?or
2.?Write?an?historiography?essay?(sometimes?called?a??literature?review?)?on?a?theme?of?interest?related?to?the
history?of?U.S.?capitalism.?
Papers?(both?options)?should?be?approximately?8?to?no?more?than?12?pages?in?length.?With?both?options,?it?might
be?helpful?to?imagine?yourself?as?a?consultant?working?at?one?of?the?major?consulting?firms.?You?re?tasked?with
either?writing?a?concise?report?on?a?particular?aspect?of?the?history?of?U.S.?capitalism,?or?providing?a?survey?and
evaluation?of?the?available?literature,for?your?colleagues?in?the?field.
Grading?Criteria?(What?constitutes?a?good?assignment?):?
With?option?1,?you?will?be?expected?to?do?primary?source?research,?using?locally?(or?electronically)?available
materials,?to?develop?an?original?historical?argument?about?an?aspect?of?the?history?of?capitalism?that?is?of
interest?to?you.?With?option?2,you?will?be?expected?to?include?at?least?3?5?other?pieces?of?scholarship?that?are?not
assigned?in?class,?but?approved?by?me.Papers?should?have?a?strong?essay?structure?with?a?clear?thesis,?paragraphs
with?topic?sentences?that?support?the?thesis,sufficient?evidence?in?each?paragraph,?and?a?conclusion.?There?will
be?minimal?spelling?and\/or?grammatical?errors.?Furtherdetails?on?what?constitutes?a?good?assignment?will?be
forthcoming.
****?THE?OPTION?CHOSE?IS?NUMBER?2?and?The?topic?is?a?literature?review?of??CAPITALISM?and
ETHICS?
Also:
The?only?historical?material?will?be?mihm?book??A?Nation?of?Counterfeiters??and?levy??Freak?of?Fortunes??and
the?other?material?Non?historical?scholarship,?for?example?it?with?be?cool?if?it?connects?to?something?related?to
business?or?something?that?will?give?a?mind?blowing?perspective?that?could?impress?my?professor.?<\/p>\n<\/p>\n