SOC 266 - Cities and Regions

Institution:

Washington and Lee University

Subject:

Sociology

Description:

Examines how cities and regions are shaped and the social, political, economic, historical, technological, ecological and other forces that help shape them. Focuses on the spatial dimension of evolving societies. Topics include: the development of the U.S. North and South; the plantation complex; the emergence of the industrial Northern metropolis; suburbanization and post-suburbanization; the “crisis of the cities” and policy responses (such as urban renewal); gentrification; deindustrialization; and the debate over the future of cities and regions. Cintron.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wlu.edu/

Phone Number:

(540) 458-8400

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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