HIS 122 - American Urban History

Institution:

Long Island University-C W Post Campus

Subject:

Description:

The rise and development of American cities and suburbs from the late 18th century to the present. Will cover the growth of cities in the early national period, the separation of residential and work sites in the antebellum era, the commercialization of urban leisure, immigration, tenement housing, sweatshop labor and urban industries. Course will explore the impact of government policy on urban and suburban development, including post war federally-subsidized mortgages, federal support for the highways and suburbs, racialized urban renewal programs,public housing, white flight, racial steering and urban crises. Will pay particular attention to the tension between public and private ownership urban spaces. Prerequisites of HIS 3 and 4 or the permission of the instructor are required.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.liu.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 299-2900

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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