| AMST 335 |
MICHAEL R. H. SWANSON Ph. D
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| NEW ENGLAND |
OFFICE: Feinstein College 111
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| ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY |
Hours: M, T, Th, F 9:00-10:00
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| Feinstein CAS 123 |
Or By Appointment
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| M, W, F, 12:00-12:55 |
PHONE: (254)-3230
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| Fall, 2000 |
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Course Paper II. Due Monday, October 30, 2000 |
| Length: c. 5 pages, Typed, Double Spaced |
| Sources:
Wood, The New England Village Internet sources as appropriate Visit to Old Sturbridge Village(optional) |
Objective:
To demonstrate you understand the process by which the Colonial New England Village was transformed into the 19th Century New England Village and how that village became an icon or symbol of New England Culture |
| Instructions: Choose either option |
| A number of factors contributed to the form of "Typical" New England
Villages and to the Image of those villages in the popular imagination
throughout America. These factors can be considered part of a historical
process: certain factors predominated at certain times in the evolution
of places.
1. Write an essay which assesses the importance and sequence of the following factors in the creation of a New England Place: |
| Central Place Theory and Central Place Development |
| Community Interaction |
| Industrialism |
| Land Types |
| local/extralocal trade |
| New England Intellectual Tradition. |
| Topography |
| Traditional English Agriculture |
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| 2. Using illustrations like Wood, figs. 1.3, 4.3, 4.4, and 4.5 as examples,
create your own imaginary but typical New England village. If you're so
inclined and feel artistic, you can draw it as well as map it. and
Write a brief history of Yourtown which demonstrates your understanding of the forces which created it and gave it shape. |