Your charge is to research and write two essays (5-7 pages each) on the history of an American city. Each essay will focus on one of the following four themes: politics/government, architecture/environment, commerce/labor, or social/cultural. You must use a minimum of five unique sources for each paper. Three of the five must be from published sources: books, magazines, journal articles, government publications, etc.
Remember that this course and assignment are intended to focus on Urban American History. You can talk about, say, racism in Detroit but always connect it to the development of the city.
