Race, Class, and the City
AFAM 243
Spring 2008 not offered
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This course will examine the intersection of social inequality and urban life in the United States. We will analyze the manner in which race, ethnicity, and class have shaped the dynamics of economic, political, and community life in American cities and metropolitan areas. The course will focus primarily, but not exclusively, on the experience of African Americans. We will also give some consideration to the experiences of whites, Asians, and Latinos. During the semester we will explore key issues including urban growth; neighborhood and community life; urban economic development; housing; local politics; suburbanization; gentrification; redlining; residential segregation; the "urban crisis"; ghettoes, barrios, and urban poverty; ethnic competition for jobs; crime; "global cities"; urban ecology; sprawl; and changing urban policies. We will give particular attention to the cities and metropolitan areas of New York, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles. |
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Essential Capabilities:
None |
| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS AFAM |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Major Requirement for: None |
Major Readings:
Sugrue, Thomas, J., THE ORIGINS OF THE URBAN CRISIS: RACE AND INEQUALITY IN POSTWAR DETROIT, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1996
Venkatesh, Sudhir, AMERICAN PROJECT: THE RISE AND FALL OF A MODERN GHETTO, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000
Waldinger, Roger, STILL THE PROMISED CITY?: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND NEW IMMIGRANTS IN POSTINDUSTRIAL NEW YORK, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996
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Examinations and Assignments:
Short written assignments, a term paper and exams. |
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