HIST 3380: The European City

Course Description

This course explores key features of modern urban life through
the history of the European city. Topics include city planning,
the development and changing uses of public spaces, policing and
social control in the city, and intellectual and artistic responses to the
urban environment. Core readings focusing on London, Berlin, and
Paris are complemented by student research projects on cities of
their choice. Investigations focus on understanding what it means to
live in an urban society, and how the history of urban development
can help us better understand today’s urbanized world. (AY).