COURSE MATERIALS

 

Required readings:

·         LeGates, Richard T. and Frederic Stout. 2003. The City Reader (eds.). Routledge, N.Y.

·         Duneier, Mitch. 2001. Sidewalk. Farrar, Straus Giroux.

·         Butler, Octavia. 1998. The Parable of the Sower. Mass Market, Paperback.

Additional readings will be made available as handouts

Optional readings:

·         Phillips, Susan. 1999. Wallbangin' - Graffiti and Gangs in L.A. University of Chicago Press, N.Y

·         Kostof, Spiro. 2000. The City Assembled. Little, Brown, and Company, N.Y.

·         Kostof, Spiro. 2000. The City Shaped. Little, Brown, and Company, N.Y.

·         Johnston, R.J. 2000. Dictionary of Human Geography. Polity Press,

·         Bourgois, Philippe. 1995. In Search of Respect: Selling Crack in El Barrio. Cambridge University Press, New York(optional)

·         Kwong, Peter. 1996. The New Chinatown. Hill and Wang.(optional)

·         Davis, Mike, 1990. City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles. Verso, New York.

·         Davis, Mike. 2000. Magical Urbanism - Latinos Reinventing the U.S. Big City. Verso, London

·         Davis, Mike. 1999. The Ecology of Fear. Vintage Books, New York.

Books Relevant to the Course in Clarkson's ERC Library:

 

Course Objective

Course Materials

Bibliography

Study Guide1

StudyGuide 2

Team Project Guidelines

Syllabus

Schedule of Assignments

Additional Resources