London: The History of a Business City

Choose ONE the options given below. It it very important to do a good performance in this assignment, please use important information and omit irrelevant data.

When marking your work, I will reward essays:
• Which follow directions;
• Which respond to the assigned questions without significant omission, digression or repetition;
• Which are coherently and systematically organized, with a strong introduction, development, and conclusion, and clear connections between sections and ideas;
• Which back up generalizations with precise, specific, and accurate evidence;
• Which are written elegantly and proofread carefully;
• Which are presented clearly and attractively.

I will look for work which shows:
• a sophisticated understanding of how historians think;
• a sympathetic engagement with continuities, patterns, developments, and complexities of London’s history;
• a commitment to research, referencing and factual accuracy;
• an awareness of how human behaviour is shaped by geographical, cultural, social, political, and technological factors
Option 1
The oldest factory in Britain, the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, is a short walk from Hult on Whitechapel Road. They give guided tours on Saturdays and have a small museum. Write an essay of about 750 words, based on the tour and exhibition, in which you discuss the firm as an example of London business. What role did it play in London’s economic and cultural life? In what ways is it typical or untypical of London business operations in the period of our course?

Option 2
See the film Mr Turner, about the London painter James Mallord William Turner. Visit Tate Britain, and explore the permanent collection of his paintings and the special exhibition of his late works. Write an essay of about 750 words discussing how the film shows the cultural context in which his paintings were produced. How does the film help you understand the significance of his work?

Option 3
Visit the Bank of England Museum. Using the information to be found there, write an essay of about 750 words describing how the Bank managed and protected the currency from its founding until 1900. What were the threats and challenges it faced? How did it respond to them?

Option 4
Visit the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. Using the information to be found there, especially in the Museum of Economic Botany, write an essay of about 750 words on the role of applied science, especially applied botany, in the development of British business between 1700 and 1900. How did the discovery and domestication of plant species create new products for the British market and new wealth for British businesses?

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