HIST190 CM - Race and American Cities

This upper-level research seminar will examine the relationship between urban development and race from the colonial era to the present. We will analyze the historical forces and institutions that have created forms of racial segregation and economic inequality and explore the role of cities as a site of racial conflict, interaction, collaboration and identity formation. Surveying a wide range of places, groups and issues, the course will provide a way to better understand the economics, politics and social life of American cities in the past and the present and to think spatially and geographically about historical continuity and change.

Offered: Every other year

Credit: 1

Course Number: HIST190 CM