Assignment Requirements
Analyse the causes of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Do you feel that this was caused primarily by weaknesses in the economy of the United States or by structural weaknesses in the international economy?
suggesting reference:
Jolly, M., The Global Economy, Chapter 4 (KendallHunt, 2013)
Eichengreen, B., ‘The Origins and Nature of the Great Slump Revisited’, Economic History Review (1992)
Parker, Randall E., ‘An Overview of the Great Depression’, Economic History Network On-Line Encyclopedia (2004) (http://eh.net/encyclopedia)
Detail: Students are asked to write a paper, consisting of between 1200 and 1500 typewritten
words, with lines double spaced.
The paper should contain the following:
-Title page. This should show the paper’s title, your name and student number, and my
name.
-Footnotes (or endnotes). It is essential to reference all direct quotations and even when
paraphrasing you should acknowledge your sources.
-Bibliography. You should include at least three sources which are books or articles from
scholarly journals. Websites (other than online scholarly journals) and newspaper articles may be
used to supplement these three major sources but should not be relied upon exclusively. You
should never cite Wikipedia or my lectures as a source, though you may make use of them to
find published sources.
The following factors will be taken into account in grading the assignment:
1. References – at least three of the references used should be books written by academics
or articles in academic journals. Other sources, such as newspaper articles or online materials
(other than online academic journals) may be used to supplement the academic sources.
Wikipedia should never be cited as a source, though it may sometimes be used as a means of
identifying reputable sources that can be cited.
2. Presentation – style, grammar.
3. Quality of research.
4. Logical development of the material.
5. Quality of analysis.
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