The research essay will be about 1,500-2,000 words in length, written on a topic corresponding to oneof the primary documents from your textbook.To choose a topic for yourresearch paper, use one of the primary documents from your textbook starting with Competing Viewpoints: The Factory System, Science, and Morality in Chapter 19 on page 510as the earliest document (see the table of contents on pages XVIII-XIXinJoshuaCole and Carol Symes, Western Civilizations, vol. 2. Brief 4thEd., New York and London: W.W. Norton &Company, 2017.You will develop a research questionthat youwant answered (later thesis statement) and find appropriate historical studies in the library toprovide sufficient evidence. In addition to the primary document, you need to find four academicsecondary sources. For secondary sources, please use only use peerreviewed books and articlesfrom academic journalsno websites, because those generally provide only very short summaries and are not usuallyreviewed. As an indicator of academic sources, please use only material that is footnoted (i.e. where the sources of the information are provided). In the case of journal articles and book chapters, please use contributions that are at least 15 pages long
