HISTORY 4961w

preparing for your major paper

Economy, Enterprise , Environment

Students in this seminar can research and write their papers on topics related to the following: trade, consumption, labor, investment, finance, industrialization, business, urban landscapes, natural resource use and protection, railroads, mining, policy, demography/population studies

Sample Paper Topic:

"Early Telephone Industry Pricing Structures: Flat Rates vs. Measured Rates – A Study on the Persuasiveness of Economically Feasible Rate Structures in the United States from 1893-1907"