SOC 3207 - People and Places of Philadelphia

Institution:

Temple University

Subject:

Description:

This course focuses upon the development of Philadelphia as a City of Neighborhoods. We examine the city’s history, the changing location and type of economic activities, and the corresponding development and emergence of communities. Included is the analysis of the industrial working class areas of Kensington and Manayunk, the immigrant way station of South Philadelphia, the higher status bedroom suburbs, and the gentrifying center city neighborhoods. Racial integration, neighborhood transition, and community conflict are examined in terms of their historical contexts.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Any lower level course or 2000-level sociology course

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

WWW.TEMPLE.EDU

Phone Number:

(215) 204-7000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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