This will be an eight-page paper, for the topic you can choose from any number of people or places relevant to the history of American architecture—a building, a public space, astreet, an architect, etc.—tie your topic into larger questions of American national culture and identity (for example, the tensions between urban and rural life, the spaces and stages of democratic citizenship, and/or the politics of race). You will need to find at least five solid scholarly sources (peer-reviewed articles or books by an established press) on your chosen topic. Reputable websites are valid tools and you can cite them (except Wikipedia), but they will not count towards your five sources. The paper should be organized around a single core argument. You must decide what, precisely, you want to say about your topic, and why it is important.
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