May 30 2011
Schedule
June 2: Course Introduction and the Making of History in the 21st Century
June 6: Urban America in the Colonial Age; 1600-1776
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society, chapter 1
Homberger, The Historical Atlas of New York City
June 7: NO CLASS
June 9: Commercialization and Urban Expansion in the New Nation, 1776-1860
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society, chapter 2
June 13: Life in the Walking City, 1820-1860
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society, chapter 3
Homberger, The Historical Atlas of New York City
American Social History Project, The Lost Museum (Web site): http://www.lostmuseum.cuny.edu/home.html
June 14: Slavery in the City, 1820-1863
(Review) Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of Amer. Urban Society, chapter 1, “The Social Mosaic” and chapter 3, “Social Complexity and Contested Terrain
Homberger, The Historical Atlas of New York City
New-York Historical Society, Slavery in New York (Web site):
http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/tour_galleries.htm
June 16: Civil War and the Cities, 1861-1865
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society, chapter 3, “Cities and the Civil War”
Homberger, The Historical Atlas of New York City
Virtual New York (Web site):
http://www.virtualny.cuny.edu/draftriots/Intro/draft_riot_intro_set.html
June 20: Industrialization and the Transformation of Urban Space, 1850-1920
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society, chapter 4
Homberger, The Historical Atlas of New York City
June 21: MIDTERM EXAM
June 23: Immigration and the Urban Core, 1850-1920
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society, chapter 5
Binder and Reimers, All Nations Under Heaven
Homberger, The Historical Atlas of New York City
June 27: The Rise of the Political Machine, 1850-1920
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society, chapter 6
Gangs of New York movie review by Vincent DiGirolamo
June 28: Progressive Era Reform, 1880-1920
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society, chapter 7
June 30: Metropolitanism, Consumerism, and “Modern” Culture in the City, 1890-1920s
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of Amer. Urban Society, chapter 8
July 4: NO CLASS
July 5: Cities in the Great Depression, 1929-1941
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society, chapter 8, review “The Great Depression” and “Political and Social Life in the 1930s”
Binder and Reimers, All Nations Under Heaven
July 7: World War II, Postwar Growth, and Suburbanization, 1941-1970
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society, chapter 9, “The Impact of World War II on Cities,” “Spatial Patterns of Postwar Growth,” “Reshaping Downtown”
July 11: Civil Rights Protests in the Cities, 1945-1970
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society, chapter 9, “Currents of Protest”
July 12: The “Urban Crisis” and Government Responses, 1970-2000
Chudacoff and Smith, The Evolution of American Urban Society, chapter 10, whole chapter except “Into the Twenty-First Century”
July 14: FINAL EXAM