This week requires the student to address six unresolved issues in macroeconomics
January 21, 2021Cost Allocation Analysis
January 21, 2021Killing Cats in the Old Regime
Summarize and evaluate “The Great Cat Massacre,” an essay by the historian Robert Darnton in 1,000 words.
In your essay, answer the following questions:
what is Darnton’s topic?
what is his thesis?
what is your thesis on his thesis?
What evidence does he marshal in support of this thesis?
How successful is he in making his argument?
Does the evidence lend itself to any other arguments, and what might those be?
Finally, discuss what we have discussed so far about Old Regime France and analyze Darnton’s argument in relation to Old Regime France.