The order of presentation is something you need to think deeplyabout

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Pick one of the essay topics below. DO NOT simply answer the questions in the order thatthey appear in the topic. The order of presentation is something you need to think deeplyabout: you need to think about what it is that you want to say and the order that it wouldbe best to say it in to show how well you understand the concepts, issues and argumentsunder consideration. Papers should be double spaced, with 12 point font (Times NewRoman, Arial or Cambria are common ones) and one inch margins. Use paragraph formatand provide a title page and a bibliography. Each page of your essay must be numbered.Essay Topics1. Did capitalism emerge in the city or the countryside? What ‘social property relations’were necessary for the development of capitalism? Why did they develop in agrariancommunities? How do these differ from pre-capitalist relations according to Wood?How did relations between ‘appropriators’ and ‘producers’ become so marketdependent?2. ‘Is a wealthy nation a prosperous nation?’ What is the ‘division of labour’ and how did itshape social relations both within and outside the factory? Use Heilbroner’s concept ofthe ‘drive for capital’ and how it simultaneously produces ‘wealth’ and ‘misery’ toanalyze EITHER Dickens’ OR Sinclair’s insights into the nature of industrial life in thelate 19th and early 20th centuries.3. Are democracy and the ‘free market’ allies or rivals? How does Phillips define ‘politicaleconomy’ and how can it help us understand our ‘everyday life’? How does he integratean analysis of ‘power’ into an economic analysis of the role of markets? What neoliberalarguments are made to justify privatization, de-regulation and trade liberalization?How does Phillips’ critique of the market system represent a response to these?4. Is ‘free labour’ more profitable than slave labour? Examine William’s analysis of the roleplayed by African slavery in the development of capitalism in the New World. Whywere African slaves preferred over indigenous (native) slaves and indentured (whiteEuropean) servants? Compare Williams’ analysis of the economic realities of staple cropproduction in the New World with the colonial moral ideal of ‘bringing light(civilization) into darkness (savagery)’ in Conrad’s work.

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