CLASSES:

Lectures:  Two one-hour lectures a week: Tuesday 2-3 & Wednesday 11-12, Carslaw Lecture Theatre 159

  • Lectures will be recorded and made available as mp3 files. The recordings are password protected; you will need your UniKey login and password to access them. 
  • Copies of the outlines of each lecture will also be available.
  • Click on the lecture titles below to access the recordings & outlines

Date

Tuesday Lecture

Wednesday Lecture

Tutorial

Week 1:
March 3-7

Opening: What defines NYC?

Dutch City

No tutorial

Week 2:
March 10-14

English City, Slave City

Capital city to city of capital

Introduction & Place

Week 3:
March 17-20

Immigration & ethnic violence

Popular Culture

The African Burial Ground

Week 4:
March 31-April 4

No Lecture

No Lecture

No Tutorial–
Reading Week for Paper #1

Week 5:
April 7-11

Public Spaces

Power and Politics

The Five Points

Week 6:
April 14-18

Wealth & Poverty

Cultural Capital

Central Park

Week 7:
April 21-24

City of (new) immigrants

Getting around

Lower East Side Tenements

Week 8:
April 28-May 2

Going out

Media capital

Subways

Week 9:
May 5-9

Skyscrapers and Skylines

Public Money & Public Works

No Tutorial –
Reading Week for Paper #2

Week 10:
May 12-16

Urban renewal

The Post-Industrial city

Skyscrapers & Skylines

Week 11:
May 19-23

Coloured city

Unsafe, ungovernable,
unsustainable

Expressways & Swimming Pools

Week 12:
May 26-30

Urban Subcultures

Revival

Greenwich Village

Week 13:
June 2-6

Cleaning up the City

9/11

The World Trade Center

 

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