Service Industry

Use the book: A History of the World in Six Glasses, by Tom Standage if possible.
Research Essay: You may choose a historical topic from the era of study in this course. To succeed with this essay the use of books (written by historians or scholars of history), and journal articles from the VU Library databases are required. The narrative part of the paper should answer the 5 W’s of a historical essay; who (who was involved), what (what happened), where(where did it take place), when (when did it happen) and why (why did it happen). This essay will require a topic submission and an outline during the semester (See the Course Schedule for topic submission and outline due dates).

The essay should be 3-4 double-spaced pages not including bibliography page, with 1-inch margins, in Times New Roman 12 pt font.
You can put your name and the title in the header or you can use a cover page; the cover page does not count in length of essay.
At least four academic resources must be used: they include scholarly books or database journal articles, no more than one scholarly website may be used, which must have an address ending in “.edu”.
Primary resources are encouraged. Primary resources are sources created during the time you are writing about by someone living during that time and connected to the events you discuss.
Encyclopedias and Wikipedia are not allowed.
Citations must be used. Footnotes must conform to the Chicago Style. See https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html for help or feel free to ask me for help.
The Chicago Style is the academic standard for the historical discipline.
Papers submitted without citation will receive a zero.
You must include a Bibliography at the end of your paper.
Introduction paragraph that includes a thesis statement, body that gives short summary of themes, and closing paragraph that provides the reader with a summation of your argument.
Remember to judge peoples actions within the context of the culture, law, economics, moral codes, and religion of their time. In other words do not compare today’s values and judgments to peoples of other periods in history.
Think about the 5 W’s when analyzing these areas of history. Good historical writing is objective, analytical, and critical without bias and propaganda.
Your paper should be written in third person: Use words like “he”, “she”, “it”, “they”, but never “I”,”we”, or “you”

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