HIS 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Laws Of The Indies, Ernest Burgess, International Brotherhood Of Teamsters

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 3150
• Professor: Godefroy Desrosiers-Lauzon

Document Summary

Theoretical interpretation of la cities by comparing the la school to the chicago school: michael dear, credits chicago sociologists w/ enabling thinking. E(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) of "(cid:373)ode(cid:396)(cid:374)ist" pa(cid:396)adig(cid:373): robert park + ernest burgess, the city, 1925. Chicago school: (modernist) city-as-unified-whole, i. e. coherent regional system, centre organizes hinterland: akin to ecological system. Individual-centred understanding of urban condition; urban process grounded in individual subjectivities: pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)al (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)es e(cid:454)plai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g o(cid:448)e(cid:396)all u(cid:396)(cid:271)a(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374): spatial st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e, (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)e, po(cid:448)e(cid:396)t(cid:455), (cid:396)a(cid:272)is(cid:373). Linear evolutionist paradigm: cities change from early conditions to a final state, evolved, more modern state. Fame w/ mike davis" city of quartz (1990). Consequences: wo(cid:396)ld cit(cid:455): glo(cid:271)alizatio(cid:374) , dual cit(cid:455): i(cid:374)e(cid:395)ualities , hybrid city: fragmentation, your daily routine is specialized and force you into playing different roles, cybercity: communications, keno capitalism. Theme: lv is unique but also exemplary b/w local history and regional phenomenon: national phenomenon = market for sinful pleasures, etc, quiz questions. Bureau of reclamation (federal 1902): dependency of western cities on western states and gov"t.