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»On-Campus Resources |
These are two free on-campus resources to help you achieve academic success |
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»Assigned Texts |
Jane Addams. Twenty Years at Hull-House: With Autobiographical Notes, Edited with an introduction by Victoria Bissell Brown. (Bedford Books, 1999). |
Roger Biles. Richard J. Daley, Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago, (Northern Illinois University Press, 1995). |
Howard P. Chudacoff & Judith F. Smith. The Evolution of American Urban Society, Fifth edition (Prentice Hall, 2000). |
James R. Grossman. Land of Hope, Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration, (University of Chicago Press, 1989) |
Primis Custom Book for History 263, (McGraw-Hill, 2000) |
Jacob Riis. How the Other Half Lives, Studies Among the Tenements of New York, Edited with an introduction by Daniel Leviatan. (Bedford Books, 1996) |
Charles Rosenberg. The Cholera Years, (University of Chicago Press, 1987) |
William Julius Wilson. When Work Disappears, The World of the New Urban Poor, (Vintage, 1996). |
»World Wide Web Resources |
Professor Ebner's web page |
A powerful, all-purpose search engine |
American Memory Project of The Library of Congress |
Maps for studying major American cities |
Census data, 1790-1990, for studying 100 largest US cities |
US government statistical sources available on the WWW |
Portraits of Black Chicago commissioned by Environmental Protection Agency |
Comprehensive guide to mass transit systems worldwide |
Hundreds of links to railroading and its history |
On-line Encyclopedia of Cleveland History |
Images of Chicago |
Historic Pittsburgh |
Chicago Historical Society |
Illinois Railway Museum (Union, IL), the nation's largest |
»Day by Day Class Schedule |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
W
January 12 |
Introduction |
|
F
- January 14 |
The
Century of Cities |
Material
distributed in previous class session |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M
January 17 |
Cities
in Global Perspective |
Wilson, ix-50 |
W
January 19 |
American
Cities and Suburbs in 2000 |
Wilson, 51-146 Primis (Harrington) |
F
January 21 |
DISTRIBUTION
AND DISCUSSION OF RESEARCH PROJECT #1 |
Wilson, 149-206 |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M
January 24 |
GUEST
LECTURE: "Buying and Selling Real Estate in Chicago" Louis G. Conforti LFC '86 Executive Vice-President of Prime Group Realty Trust |
Wilson, 206-38 |
W
January 26 |
Colonial
Cities in North America |
Chudacoff/Smith,
1-37 Primis (Harrington) |
F
January 28 |
Cities
in the New Nation Practice Quiz |
Chudacoff/Smith,
38-46 Primis (Federalist Paper #10) |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M
January 31 |
Creating
Lowell, Massachusetts |
Primis (Amelia,
A Lowell Factory Worker) |
W
February 2 |
Cities
Take Hold in the New Nation |
Chudacoff/Smith, 46-54 |
F
February 4 |
Transportation
Revolution: Canals and Railroads Quiz # 1 |
Chudacoff/Smith, 54-64 |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M February 7 | Smelling the Pre-Civil War City | Rosenberg, 1-98 |
W February 9 | Disorderly Pre-Civil War Cities | Rosenberg, 101-172 |
F February 11 | Physical Shape of Pre-Civil War Cities | Rosenberg, 175-212 |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M
February 14 |
Discussion
of Rosenberg's
|
Rosenberg, 212-42 |
W
February 16 |
These
two class sessions will be devoted to student reports on Research Project
. Instructions on the reports provided when this project is distributed to class on January 21. |
|
F
February 18 |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M
February 21 |
Earning a Living in Pre-Civil War Cities | Chudacoff/Smith, 65-72 |
W
February 23 |
Metropolis | Chudacoff/Smith, 72-80 |
F
February 25 |
Government/Politics | Chudacoff/Smith, 80-85 |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M
February 28 |
Review session Quiz #2 |
»PLEASE
READ THIS MESSAGE«
As you make
your travel plans for spring break, »No exam make-up dates.« |
W
March 1 |
Mid-term Exam: Part A |
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F
March 3 |
Mid-term Exam: Part B |
SPRING
BREAK March 4 (Saturday) through 12 (Sunday) |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M
March 13 |
Industrialization |
Chudacoff/Smith,
86-117 Primis (Brooklyn Bridge) Primis (Pullman Company) |
W
March 15 |
Giant
Magnet |
Chudacoff/Smith, 118-37 |
F
March 17 |
Giant
Magnet and Distribution of Research Project |
Chudacoff/Smith,
137-56 Riis, 3-50 |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M
March 20 |
Jacob
Riis, photographer |
Riis, 52-155 |
W
March 22 |
The
New Immigration |
Riis, 155-254 |
F
March 24 |
Bosses
and Political Machines |
Grossman, 1-37 |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M
March 27 |
African
Americans |
Grossman, 38-160 |
W
March 29 |
Black
Chicago Quiz # 3 |
Grossman,
161-246 Primis (Lincoln Steffens) |
F
March 31 |
No
class today |
LOOKING AHEAD: COMPLETE YOUR READING OF Twenty Years at Hull-House for next week. |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M
April 3 |
Jane
Addams and Hull-House |
Addams, 1-257 Primis (Chicago, 1893) |
W
April 5 |
Urban
Politics |
Chudacoff/Smith, 157-82 |
F
April 7 |
The
Great Depression |
Chudacoff/Smith, |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M
April 10 |
Creating
Chicago's North Shore |
Primis (Mercantile
Business) Chudacoff/Smith, 183-211 |
W
April 12 |
Suburbanizing |
Chudacoff/Smith,
212-62 Primis (Levittown) |
F
April 14 |
Richard
J. Daley's Chicago Quiz # 4 |
Biles, 3-118 |
FIELD
STUDY |
»Attendance
required« |
In cooperation with the College's Chicago Outreach Program, we depart from the parking lot adjacent to Commons at 8:45 A.M. promptly, rain or shine. Tour includes:
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Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M
April 17 |
Considering
Chicago |
Biles,
119-241 |
W
April 19 |
Regional
Shifts |
Chudacoff/Smith, 263-96 |
F
April 21 |
Technology
Revolution Research Project Due Today |
Chudacoff/Smith, 297-320 |
Day |
Topic |
Readings |
M April 24 |
Retrospect and Prospect Quiz # 5 |
FINAL
EXAMINATION: 4/28 (Friday)
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