HIST-366 Power, Space, and Society: From the Industrial to the Global City
This research and historiography course explores industrial, metropolitan, colonial, and post-colonial cities in order to understand the roles of architecture and urban planning in political power and society since the nineteenth century. It examines how spatial organization and the built environment have been used to maintain social control, shape social behavior, and foster national identity. Each student shall determine in consultation with the faculty whether his or her written work will focus on research or historiography.
Seminar (12)
Credits
1
Prerequisite
One 200-level course in History or Asian Studies or consent of the instructors.
Offered
Spring
Notes
Students who have taken HIST 249: Architectures of Occupation and Resistance are ineligible to enroll for this course.