American Studies 334

Urban America

Roger Williams University

GHH 108

T, TH 11:00 -12:20

Spring, 2013

Michael R. H. Swanson, Ph. D

Office: GHH 215

Hours: T, TH 9:00 - 11:00

M, W 1:00-2:00

Phone:   (401) 254-3230

E-mail:  mswanson@rwu.edu

For Tuesday, January 29

Surprise Film. No, I’m not going to tell you which one.  I’m not going to tell you if it is a documentary, a drama, or anything else.   I am going to tell you it has something to do with cities or with attitudes toward cities

No, not this one, but you might enjoy watching what our future is going to be like

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For Thursday, January 31

Read, in City Life,

Preface:pp. 11-13

Chapter I: Why aren’t our Cities Like That?pp.  15-34

Until we settle on the cities for our primary investigation we’re going to go slow.  Over the weekend I’m going to do a count on the cities mentioned in the city survey I sprung you, and I’ll be commununicating with you to send you a copy of the master list.

As you read this chapter, I want you to make note of the cities he mentions–whether in the United States or Abroad, and using the Internet (Maps.google.com, for example) see what they look like.  Some will have streetview, others will have pictures from panoramio.  I’d like to have you save links for illustrations so we can look around and see the ways in which our cities are different.