SOC 100A Lecture 15: March 23rd Notes
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A major motif in social life and culture. Cities as symbols of social, economic, and political vitality. Provision of food to feed ourselves, living in the city was one of the major differences in human history. When u go to cities, you have excitement that you don"t have in binghamton. Ppl in cities are the decisive ones into transfer to capitalism. Industrial city is good better job, education, life opportunities, but also dangerous b/c of anonymity, u don"t know who your neighbors are but in the country side you did. For the first time in history, more ppl live in cities than in the country side: urban population today 3. 2 billion larger than total world population in 1961. Reverses europe"s superiority: urban population of brazil, china, india more than total population of. Because it"s the slums that are growing and the developing nations have to support such large populations of poor people?)