History Paper

CITATIONS SHOULD APPEAR IN PARENTHETICAL FORM: (TAYLOR & AUSTEN, P. 29.) YOU CAN CITE LECTURES SIMPLY BY SAYING (COREY, LECTURE.) IF YOU USE OUTSIDE SOURCES YOU WILL NEED A BIBLIOGRAPHY. EACH ANSWER SHOULD HAVE A THESIS STATEMENT THAT IS NO LONGER THAN TWO SENTENCES PRINTED IN BOLDFACE. PLEASE RESTATE THE ENTIRE PROMPT
AT THE TOP OF EACH ANSWER. Each question must be 3 PAGES IN LENGTH.

1. REWRITE FREDERICK JACKSON TURNER’S FRONTIER THESIS TO APPLY TO THE AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE. HOW DO URBANIZATION, INDUSTRIALIZATION, COMMODIFICATION, MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION CONSPIRE TO PRODUCE A TRULY AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE?

2 WRITE AN ESSAY IN WHICH YOU DISCUSS THE RISE AND FALL OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE. IN YOUR ESSAY BE SURE TO INCLUDE A DISCUSSION OF CULTURE AS A POLITICAL INSTRUMENT. ALSO PLEASE ADDRESS THE QUESTION OF CULTURAL AUTHENTICITY/INAUTHENTICITY IN THE RENAISSANCE AND THE IMPACT OF THE DEMANDS OF THE MARKET UPON CULTURAL PRODUCTION.