URBS 472 - Race and the City:The Origins & Prospects of the Black Underclass

Institution:

University of Pennsylvania

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Description:

Distribution Course in Hist & Tradition. Class of 2009 & prior only. Hershberg. This course focuses on the origins and prospects of the black underclass and the competing public policies proposed to bring this group into the economic mainstream. The course is particularly concerned with understanding the separate effects on the underclass of racial discrimination and recent structural changes in the economy, transportation and housing which have shaped central cities and their regions.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

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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