URBS 103 - Emerging Industrial Metropolis

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University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

History & Tradition Sector. All classes. Vitiello. Although most U.S. cities are no longer thought of as "industrial cities," metropolitan areas today are all products of industrial economies, technologies, and social systems. This course explores the ways in which industrialization and deindustrialization have shaped North American cities over the past two centuries. Major themes include economic geography, ecology, labor and production, suburbanization, outsourcing, and the history and future of energy. The class will take regular walking tours of Philadelphia neighborhoods.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.upenn.edu

Phone Number:

(215) 898-5000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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