WORLD HISTORY, PAPER I
European nineteenth century imperialism had many faces— cultural, economic, moral, geostrategic, social, racial, and native resistance and cooperation. The purpose of this assignment is critically to examine some of these interactions (connections, comparisons, and globalization) as reflected in the following documents: The Standard Treaty (posted to Blackboard; do not fill out the blanks), The Azamgarh Proclamation, Indian Home Rule, The Rhodes Colossus, and The White Man’s Burden (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/kipling.asp). Pay particular attention to The Standard Treaty in your analysis of imperialism. Further advice regarding the paper will be provided at upcoming class meetings. Read pages 889-899 in World in the Making and use our textbook as your secondary source. There are two aspects to this assignment—analysis and context. Emphasize the former, but be sure to provide the big picture as well. Use only the sources that I have indicated.
Some of the issues that you need to address in your paper are— European motivations, objectives, and justifications; native reactions; strengths and weaknesses of arguments presented in the documents; the extent to which apologists and critics of imperialism resort to moral arguments.
Be sure to proofread your paper (including language) before you turn it in. Pay particular attention to how you organize your paper. Furthermore, review assignments that we have discussed in class (how to formulate a thesis, how to write a paragraph). For useful advice regarding the format of your paper, refer to the paper guidelines that I have posted to Blackboard (pay particular attention to footnotes and the bibliography). Your paper includes a cover sheet (title page), a minimum of three full pages of text (excluding the title page), and a separate bibliography. Use Times New Roman, 12 point font size. Make sure that it conforms to the Chicago Manual of Style.
PAPER FORMAT
For footnotes, click “References” on the task bar, then “Insert Footnote.” Be sure to use Arabic numerals (click box next to “Footnotes.” Check “Footnotes” box. Go to “Number format,” select 1,2,3…. Click apply). When you insert a footnote, it appears (and is numbered) automatically at the bottom of the page. Do not insert footnotes manually.
Example: Document. This is how you cite one of the documents that you use for your paper.
Two consecutive footnotes referring to the same source: The second footnote says “Ibid.” If you refer to the same source twice, but not in an immediately subsequent footnote the footnote should conform to the following format: author’s last name, short title, in (followed by author’s last name, short title, and page reference).
Internet sources: author’s first and last name, “Document title,” website’s name, accessed, date, URL.
Your paper’s first page is unnumbered. It is the cover (or the title) page. It should contain the title of your paper in bold (font size is up to you). Your name. The course title. Your instructor’s title and last name.
The bibliography is a separate page (your paper’s last page). Unlike footnotes, page references are not required for the bibliography. List all sources separately in alphabetical order. Author’s last name, first name. “Title,” in author’s first and last name, Title. City: Publisher, Year. (if your source is a document). Otherwise use format for citing books and websites. Unlike footnotes, use periods instead of parentheses. If there are several authors: first author’s last and first name, next author’s first and last name etcetera.
Cite the Standard Treaty as follows: Author’s name (mentioned in the document), The Standard Treaty. That’s it. No further bibliographic information required
