This course analyses the development of American cities in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century.
With a mix of environmental and urban history techniques, the class addresses both the cultural and political factors leading to suburbanization, metropolitan fragmentation, and sprawl. At the same time, the class will give special consideration to the deterioration of central cities and the social and environmental consequences of the unsustainable development of American cities in the late twentieth century.
This is a split-level Undergraduate/Graduate course cross-listed with HIST 6026.
