HIST 381

Spring 2018 All Classes

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Urban History

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Credit: 3 hours.

Examines the history of urban centers, paying special attention to the relationship between the city and its surrounding territory, the impact of migration and immigration, the delineation of space and the transformation of the built environment, and the role of a city's inhabitants in creating social networks, political structures, and cultural institutions.

May be repeated in separate terms to a maximum of 6 hours if topics vary.

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HIST 381 class schedule data for spring 2018
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	60151	Lecture-Discussion	A	2:00PM -3:20PM	TR	Gregory Hall	Steinberg, M	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/16/18-05/02/18 Section Info: Title: Urban History Topic: We will explore in this course the experience and meanings of modern urban life in cities across the world, from the early 1800s to the present: Chicago, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, St. Petersburg, and a black township near Johannesburg. We will access this history through scholarly writings, memoirs, interviews, primary texts, photographs, film, literature, and art. Research and writing projects, however, may take you anywhere in the world. Cities have long been viewed as symbols of what humans are, of what we do and make. No wonder so many poets, painters, novelists, historians, sociologists, philosphers, and others have dwelled on "the city." In this course, we immerse ourselves in this history to think together about how these places have been experienced and interpreted, especially how everyday city life has been viewed as evidence for thinking about such big questions as modernity, sex, violence, crime, gender, class, race, and ethnicity. Course meetings will be seminar-style discussions of readings and visual images. Writing will include reading-response papers, an essay on a city novel or non-fiction book of your choice, and a final paper exploring based on a close reading of one month of any city newspaper.
	68501	Lecture-Discussion	EJP	5:00PM -8:00PM	F	Danville IL	Steinberg, M Ginsburg, R	Date Range: 01/19/18-05/04/18 Special Approval: Departmental Approval Required Section Title: Exploring Modern Cities Section Info: Restricted to students participating in the Education Justice Project.