SOCI201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Ernest Burgess, Movie Palace, Ron Herron

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: Best Joel

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Boston in 1880- note how development follows streetcar lines. Burgess"s (cid:373)odel developed a theory for what cities look like. Was a si(cid:373)ple (cid:272)ar, relati(cid:448)el(cid:455) i(cid:374)e(cid:454)pe(cid:374)si(cid:448)e, a(cid:374)d did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e a lot of features. Fordism mass production: had a very efficient system of producing automobiles. Higher wages foster consumerism: he (cid:449)a(cid:374)ted his (cid:449)orkers to (cid:373)ake e(cid:374)ough (cid:373)o(cid:374)e(cid:455) to (cid:271)u(cid:455) (cid:373)odel t"s. Houses were filled with father who just got out of war, mother he married, and children. Cars transform the economy: places for people with cars like fastfood, target, etc. Boston is now becoming a large complex network of roads. Center city (cid:862)the co(cid:373)(cid:271)at zo(cid:374)e(cid:863: the place where crime and vice reign. Interstate system under president eisenhower: he was assigned to drive military vehicles from east coast to west coast, a lot of the vehicles broke down made eisenhower appreciate the importance of roads. See very crowded freeways (no parking garages either) You (cid:374)eed t(cid:449)o (cid:373)aps for tok(cid:455)o"s rail s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)