Course Readings

Readings:

Week One: Boston, 1630 John Winthrop, "A Model of Christian Charity" (1630)

Week Two: Sprawl, Peak Oil, James Howard Kunstler essay; Boston, 1770; web-log discussion Boston Gazette, March 1770 Samuel P. Hays, Textbook, pgs. 2-12

Week Three: City Planning in Colonial Philadelphia and beyond 9/20: Tench Coxe and the birth U.S. industry William Morley, Textbook, pg. 39

Week Four: Race, Class, and Gender in Antebellum American Cities; New York Draft Riots Karin Wulf, Textbook, pgs 56-63 Nayan Shah, Textbook, pgs 162-170

Week Five: “Exotic but immoral”: New Orleans 10/4: “I have never seen a busier place” Estwick Evans, Textbook, pg. 81 Harriet Martineau, Evans, Textbook, pg. 109

Week Six: A Place to Get Rich BOOK/FILM REVIEW 1 DUE IN CLASS 10/11: Boosterism and the rise Western cities Bayar Taylor, Textbook, pg. 117 William Cronin, Textbook, pgs. 121-127

Week Seven: Immigration in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era 10/18: Internal Migration in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Great Migrations, Textbook, pgs. 225-242

Week Eight: Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Introduction; Chs. 1&2

Week Nine: Jacobs, Chs. 7, 8, 9

Week Ten: Jacobs, Chs. 11 & 12

Week Eleven: Jacobs, Chs. 21 & 22

Week Twelve: Kunstler, Geography of Nowhere. Chs. 1, 2 &3

PAPER 2 DUE IN CLASS ON 11/20 (LAST TUESDAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING)

Week Thirteen: FINISH Kunstler

Week Fourteen: Student Presentations

Week Fifteen: Student Presentations, FINAL PAPER DUE IN CLASS ON THURSDAY, 12/13