Week of 3, Lecture 7

Urban America II

I. The Immigrant experience
IMAGE: Hester Street

II. Social Geography of Cities

A. Noise and Smell
B. Spatial Expansion along transportation lines
C. Spatial Differentiation: Sums and Suburbs

III. Problems Facing Cities

IV: Urban Institutions

• The political machine
  IMAGE: Boss Tweed
  IMAGE: Cartoon Commentary on Ethnic Groups and Election Politics
• Metropolitan Press
• Department Stores
  IMAGE: Chicago's Marshall Field & Co.
• Spectator sports, esp. baseball
  IMAGE: Opening Day, 1889

VI. Summing Up

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