Assignment: American Capitalism: Business and Corporations
This is a two part project. Part A leads into part B.
A) Below you will find the directions for this assignment.
It requires that you construct an annotated bibliography.
Getting Ready
Formulate a concrete research question in the area of American business enterprise. It might be a very broad question, or something much more focused. Either way, be certain that your question is precise. Here are a few examples of questions that one might come up with for a research assignment.
How has tariff policy affected American industry?
What invention has contributed most to American prosperity?
How does the company I work for fit into the development of American industry?
Can government regulation offset the collapse of control through free competition?
What protections and security have developed for industrial workers?
Begin your Written Assignment by writing a short paragraph in which you
(a) state your question, and
(b) explain how your assigned reading generated your interest in this question.
Note: You are not writing a research paper that answers this question, but developing a set of resources that you think should be consulted by someone if they were to write such a paper.
B) This essay should include a general discussion of the material on modern corporations and present-day business conditions that you have studied in Blackford & Kerr (Business Eneterprise in American History) and should be combined with a topic that interests you, that is acceptable to your instructor, and is one for which you might have access to appropriate research materials.
Response should be 10 pages in length, double spaced, and you should cite your sources and annotate carefully, using parentheticals, endnotes, or footnotes. In addition to this, you should attach an appropriate bibliography in appropriate form.