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  • Manchester Introduction

    Manchester is a major city in the northwest of England with a rich industrial heritage. The city has the country’s fifth-largest population at 547,627 as of 2018 and includes a very diverse…

  • Running Bibliography

    Participants in “Modern Cities and Urbanism” kept a running bibliography of research of potential interest to the theme of each week in the syllabus. The entries below are grouped by…

  • Syllabus

    History 755: MODERN CITIES AND URBANISM Wednesdays, 5-7:30 Professor Jordan Sand (sandj@georgetown.edu / ICC 611) This course approaches the subject of the modern city comparatively and thematically. It is the…

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  • Social Body Week

    The City as Social Body

    Topic: Modern cities and the politics of the masses, the public square, and the public sphere. What do cities need public space for?

  • Tourism and Urban Branding

    Tourism and Urban Branding

    Topic: Some scholars have called tourism the largest industry in the world. But what distinguishes tourism from older forms of travel, such as pilgrimage? And what shapes the image of a city in the global markets of travel and investment today?

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY

History 755: Modern Cities and Urbanism
Fall 2021
Wednesdays, 6:30-9 pm
Professor Jordan Sand
sandj@georgetown.edu

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