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Think of the "history of
capitalism" as an umbrella large enough to draw together all the
fields of American history that touch on economic affairs. Included
under this umbrella are business history, labor history, the history of
technology, the so-called new economic history (largely econometric in
approach), and agricultural history; there is also room for the
sub-literatures on aspects of the American economy that have emerged in a
handful of other fields--for example, on property rights in legal history,
on slavery and black business in African-American history, on gender and
business in women's history, on resource rights in
environmental history. The purpose of gathering together these fields of history
under the umbrella of "capitalism" is to encourage a more
complex, nuanced perspective on economic life in American history.
This undergraduate seminar,
the capstone course for history majors
at UW-Madison
Grades [as
revised by agreement in seminar on March 22]:
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Participation
still counts for 15% -- to do well on this portion of your grade, you
must come to seminar faithfully, come prepared, and participate.
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The
remainder of your grade will be based on your final paper (due May 17),
subject to the following constraints:
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You will
receive a provisional grade on the complete draft (due April 19)
with detailed comments on what you need to do to maintain that grade
for the final paper and what you can do to improve it.
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The
interim products of the research process that were to be grade
individually -- statement of topic, detailed bibliography, and
detailed outline -- must be in my hands by April 5 (unless,
in special circumstances, you make other arrangements with
me). For each that I do not have by then, your final grade
will be reduced by one step (e.g., A to AB, AB to B, and so on).
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