HIST 1019 - CITIES IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines five inter-related themes. We begin by exploring how cities have been, are, and continue to be shaped and assembled. We examine urban space and design, and how culture, economics, and technology affect them. We also focus on the evolution of urban center over time, especially from the industrial revolution. Problem created by industrialization gave rise to utopian urban planning, some of the ideas of which have shaped modern cities. We also explore issues relating to racial and class segregation. We end by examining the recent restoration/gentrification of cities.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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