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URBS 240 - Global History of Modern Architecture and Urbanism I: Race, Capital, and Empire

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
(Same as ART 240 ) A period of emancipations, industrial development, dramatic urban growth, imperial expansion, nation formation, migrations, and cultural exchange, the long nineteenth century (1789-1914) saw the rise of new theories and practices of architecture and urbanism. This course offers analytic tools to investigate canonical and non-canonical buildings and urban landscapes, critical histories of the relationships between local and global culture, race, and space, and the projects of modernization, modernity, and modernism. Luisa Valle.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of the instructor.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS



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