Course Structure

Teaching takes place within two complementary learning situations, these being:

1. Weekly lectures to be given by Prof. Morley. Lectures will be given via the use of PowerPoint, and where appropriate DVDs and other teaching resources shall be incorporated into the classes so as to make the classes as visually stimulating as possible. At the start of each lecture the academic objectives of the class will be outlined so that students will know the purpose of the lesson.
2. Tutorials. These shall be given regularly throughout the term in so doing presenting valuable opportunities to not only clarify knowledge collected from the lectures, but to furthermore discuss various matters about cities in history.

Lectures

The lectures are designed to not only be informative but to allow, where possible, for active student participation. What this means is that once inside the classroom students are not passive learners who merely sit and listen to the teacher talk. Instead lectures will include various exercises to engage students with the subject being presented to them. The goal of such a strategy is to promote learning motivation, to encourage debate, and the development of different thinking and analysis processes. 

Week 1. Introduction Class: The First Cities (September 5^th 2014)

Welcome!

In this opening session a synopsis of the course and the subject of Urban History shall be put forward.

The lecture will also discuss what the first cities were like. It will analyse how the first urban societies differed from rural societies. It will also introduce the physical expressions that new forms of urban-based social organisation took. 

Keywords: Tell  Stoa  Temenos  Harappa Indus Valley

References:    L. Benevelo, The Origins of Modern Town Planning   CC Res/ARL NA9031.B36 

W. Hegemann and E. Peets, The American Vitruvius   CC Res/ARL NA9030.H4 

F.R. Hiorns, Town Building in History   CC Res/ARL NA9090.H54 1958 

G. Algaze, Ancient Mesopotamia at the Dawn of Civilisation   UL HT114.A524 2008

D. Lloyd, The Making of English Towns: A Vista of 2000 Years   CC Res ARL HT133.L56 1984 

A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form   UL/ARL/CC Res HT166.M59 1993 

Eliel Saarinen, The City: Its Growth, Its Decay, Its Future   ARL/CC Res NA9030.S2

R. Unwin, Town Planning in Practice   CC Res/ARL NA9030.U6 1994

D. Fraser and A. Sutcliffe, The Pursuit of Urban History   UL HT111.P87

Week 2. Greeks and Romans (September 12^th 2014)

What were Greek and Roman cities like? Did they share similar features? Did they contrast with each other in any ways? How did Greek and Roman cities express the concept of power – power of the people, religion, authority?

Keywords: Ur  Coliseum Agora  Forum  Athens  Polis  Acropolis  Grid Plan  Miletus  Rome

Lecture DVD: “Engineering an Empire”

References:    Sir Leonard Woolley, History Unearthed   ICS CC165.W6 1963

Mary Boatwright, Hadrian and Cities of the Roman Empire   ARL DG295.B63

O.F. Robinson, Ancient Rome: City Planning and Administration   UL/ARL HT169.R7 R63

John Stambaugh, The Ancient Roman City   UL HT114 .S7 1988

A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form   UL/ARL/CC Res HT166.M59 1993

Ada Gabucci, Ancient Rome: Art, Architecture & History   ARL N5760 .G3213 2002

N.F. Jones, Ancient Greece: State and Society   UL DF275.J66 1996

Ruth Whitehouse, The First Cities   UL DS71.W5

A Kaiser, Roman Urban Street Networks   ARL DG78.K34 2011

Week 3. The Medieval Era, Cathedrals and Urban Places (September 19^th 2014)

What were the main characteristics of the Medieval City? What architecture dominated towns and cities at that time? Why? Were all European Medieval Cities alike? What was housing like at that time? What were the main factors in controlling its form?

Lecture DVD: “Carcassone”

Keywords: Gothic Cathedral  Organic Growth  Market Place  Burgage Plots  Mercantile  City Wall  Jutting                Borough

Key-places: Chartres  London  Bruges  York

References:    David Nicholas, The Growth of the Medieval City   UL HT115 .N53 1997

Jeffrey Singman, Daily Life in Medieval Europe   UL D119 .S55 1999

H. Pirenne, A History of Europe   UL D117.P52 1958

H. Pirenne, Medieval Cities   UL JS61.P5 1969

Mark Girouard, Cities and People   UL/ARL HT111.G46

C. Dyer, Everyday Life in Medieval England   UL DA185 .D94 2000

Bell, C., and Bell, R., City Fathers   ARL HT169.G7B4

H. Saalman, Medieval Cities   UL/ARL HT115.S2 1968

P.G. Hall, Cities in Civilization   UL HT111 .H345 1998

Week 4. The Renaissance and Baroque City: Humanism to Autocracy (September 26^th 2014)

How did the Renaissance conceptualise the ideal city? What were the areas of Renaissance urban planning, its design components and aesthetic considerations? What cultural factors affected the Renaissance concept of planning? How did military developments affect urban design? What were the principles on which the 16^th century Popes, such as Pope Sixtus V, re-planned Rome, or aristocratic leaders redesigned their palaces? In what ways were their approaches innovative? Why do you think their ideas were copied and continued elsewhere in Europe during the next 300 years?

Lecture DVD: “Versailles”

Keywords: Geometric perspective  Boulevard  Wren’s London Plan  Axial lines  Autocracy  

               Spatial enclosure (place)  Grand Manner

Key-places: Sforzinda  Florence  Versailles  London  Rome

References:    Jacob Burckhardt, The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance   ARL NA1115.B813 1985

June Osborne, Urbino   UL Oversize/ARL DG975.U72 O83 2003

Denys Hays, From Roman Empire to Renaissance Europe   UL D118.H3 

F. Gebelin, Versailles   ARL DC801.V56 G42 1965

C. Zepnik, D. Favro and R. Ingersoll, Streets: Critical Perspectives   ARL NA9053.S7S82 1994

R. Wittkower, Art and Architecture in Italy 1600-1750   ARL N6916.W5 1999

F. Nevola, Siena: Constructing the Renaissance City  ARL NA1121.S54 N48 2007

Week 5. The London Terraced House and Square (October 3^rd 2014)

What were the main characteristics of the London terraced house? How were residential areas laid out from 1660 until the 19^th century? How did this form an Italianisation of London? Why do you think the form of terraced housing changed so little in over 200 years? What led to its abandonment? Were other British cities developed in the same way as London? Did the ideas practised in London also have an effect in the British Empire?

Lecture Video: “Murray House, Hong Kong: A History”

Keywords:  Terraced House  Geometry  Piazza  Italianising  Inigo Jones  Squares, Crescents, Circuses                     John Nash  Speculative Development  Standardisation

Key-places:  Bedford Square  Covent Garden  Bloomsbury Square  Belgrave Square  Russell Square                           Regent Street  Bath  Edinburgh New Town  Melbourne  Hong Kong

References:    Stefan Muthesius, The English Terraced House   ARL NA7328.M88 1982

James Ayres, Building the Georgian City   ARL NA966.A98 1998

John Summerson, Georgian London   ARL NA970.S95 1991 

Andrew Byrne, Bedford Square   ARL NA970.B9 1990

Walter Ison, The Georgian Buildings of Bath   ARL NA971.B2I8 1980

Peter Borsay, The Image of Georgian Bath   ARL DA690.B3 B57 2000

W.A. Brogden, The Neo-Classical Town   ARL NA972.N46 1996 

I. Cranfield, Georgian House Style   ARL NA640.C73 1997

K. Downes, The Georgian Cities of Britain   ARL NA966.D68 1979 

A.J. Youngson, The Making of Classical Edinburgh   ARL NA9189.E3Y6 1988 

Faulkner, T.E., ‘The Early Nineteenth Century Planning of Newcastle upon Tyne’, Planning Perspectives, vol. 5 (1990), pp.149-167

Barnes, H., Newcastle-on-Tyne, The Town Planning Review, vol. 10 (1923), p.1-10

Week 6. Coping with Change (i) Coketowns: Dirt, Disease, Death, Deprivation (October 10^th 2014)

Was Charles Dickens’ fictional industrial town Coketown true of living conditions in the early-1800s in Europe? What problems were industrial settlements experiencing regardless of their location (including ones in the US)? How were these towns contributing (or not) to national economic development? How did the rich and how did the poor live? What impact did people like Friedrich Engels, a first-hand observer of modern urbanisation, have? How did Britain control its environmental problems, and how did this affect its colonies?

Lecture DVD: “How We Built Britain”

Keywords:  Industrial Revolution  Urbanisation   ‘4 Ds’  Public Health  Slums  Paternalism  Philanthropy                   Back-to-Back Terraced House  Suburbs  Public Health  Edwin Chadwick

Key places:  Glasgow  Saltaire  Manchester  Birmingham

References:     A. Briggs, Victorian Cities   ARL HT133.B7 1993/CC Reserve HT133.B7 1968

G.E. Cherry, The Evolution of British Town Planning   UL/ARL HT169.G7C459 

Hazel Conway, People’s Parks: The Design and Development of Victorian

Parks in Britain   ARL SB484.G7C59 1991

Charles Dickens, Hard Times   CC PR4561.A1 1988

Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England   UL HD8389.E5 

P. Metcalf, Victorian London   ARL DA683 .M4 1972

I. Morley, ‘Chaos, Contagion, Chadwick and Social Justice’, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine, vol. 80.2 (2007)

I. Morley, British Provincial Civic Design and the Building of Late-Victorian and Edwardian Cities, 1880-1914  ARL NA9050.5 .M67 2008

H.J. Dyos and M. Wolff, M., The Victorian City: Images and Reality. Past and Present and Number of People and The Victorian City: Shapes on the Ground   UL DA533.V5

J.M. Richards, ‘Sir Titus Salt or the Lord of Saltaire’, The Architectural Review, vol. 80 (1936)

R.K. Dewhirst, ‘Saltaire’, The Town Planning Review, vol. 31 (1960)

F.M.L. Thompson, The Rise of Suburbia and The Rise of Respectable Society   CC Reserve HT133.R57 1982 

J.R. Kellett, ‘Impact of Railways’, in R.J. Morris and R. Rodger, The Victorian City   ARL HT133.V5 1993 

M.J. Daunton, Housing the Workers   ARL/UL HD7287.95.H68

C. Hamlin, Public Health and Social Justice in the Age of Chadwick   UL WA11.FA1 H28 1998

R. Dennis, English Industrial Cities of the 19th Century   ARL HT133.D4 1986

Richard Rodger, Housing in Urban Britain, 1780-1914   ARL HD7333.A3 R625 1995

Anthony Wohl, The Eternal Slum   UL HD7334.L7W6

William Ashworth, The Genesis of Modern British Town Planning   ARL NA9185.A795 

William Ashworth, ‘British Industrial Villages in the 19^th Century’, Economic History Review (1951)

Week 7. Coping with Change (ii) London and Paris in the mid-19^th Century (October 17^th 2014)

What were the principle difference between the growth of Paris and London in the 19^th century? How do you explain these differences? Who were the main actors in the transformations that took place? Was Paris designed to be a work of art or did the urban renewal agenda incorporate other factors? Did Paris’ development affect London, and if so how and why?

Lecture Video: “Paris: The Imperial City”

Keywords:  Haussmann  John Nash  Social Control  James Pennethorne  Parks  Slums  Boulevards                           Governance  Imperialism  Aston Webb

References:    Howard Saalman, Haussman: Paris Transformed   ARL HT169.F72P367 1971

Anthony Sutcliffe, The Autumn of Central Paris   UL HT169.F72P368

A. Sutcliffe, Paris: An Architectural History   ARL NA1050.S87 1993

W. Weeks, The Man Who Made Paris   ARL HT178.F72 P343 1999

Thomas Hall, Planning Europe’s Capital Cities   ARL NA9183 .H27 1997

Shelley Rice, Parisian Views   ARL TR72.P37 R53 1997

Robert Herbert, Impressionism: Art, Leisure and Parisian Society   NA Oversize ND550.H47

Jacob Larwood, The Story of the London Parks   UC ASL DA689.P2 S3

Donald Olsen, The Growth of Victorian London   CC Reserve HT169.G72L6474 

S.E. Rasmussen, London: The Unique City   ARL DA677.R273 1982 

F. Sheppard, London: The Eternal Wen   UL HC258.L6S5 1971

Roy Porter, London: A Social History   UL DA677.P67 1995 

L.D. Schwarz, London In the Age of Industrialisation   ARL HB2676.L66S38 1992

Week 8. The City Beautiful: The North American City (October 24^th 2014)

How did the rapid urbanisation of the US from the late-1800s affect American thinking about the city? What is the relationship between architects and the American City by about 1900? What was the nature of the City Beautiful Movement? What impact did it have? Why did the City Beautiful, a strictly American concept, spread to places like Manila, Guangzhou and Nanjing? How did the City Beautiful cross cultural borders? Why did the City Beautiful Movement die?

Keywords:  World’s Fair, 1893  Chicago  Daniel Burnham  City Beautiful  Imperialism                                              Internationalisation  Modernity

References:    W.H. Wilson, The City Beautiful Movement   ARL HT164.U6W55 1989

C. Smith, The Plan of Chicago   ARL NA737.B85 S65 2006

A. Sutcliffe, Towards the Planned City   UL/CC Reserve HT166.S97

J.W. Cody, Building in China   ARL/UL NA737.M87 C63 2001

J.W. Cody, Exporting American Architecture 1870-2000   ARL NA712 .C629 2003

T.S. Hines, Burnham of Chicago: Architect and Planner   ARL NA737.B85 H56 1974 

D. Baldwin Hess, ‘Transportation Beautiful’, Journal of Urban History, vol. 32, no. 4 (2006)

J.A. Peterson, The Birth of City Planning in the United States   ARL HT167.P47 2003

K.L. Kolson, Big Plans   ARL/UL HT153.K64 2001

K. Tehranian, Modernity, Space and Power   ARL/UC ASL HT167.T44 1995

I.A. Steffensen-Bruce, Marble Palaces, Temples of Art   ARL NA6695.A74 1998

I. Morley, British Provincial Civic Design and the Building of Late-Victorian and Edwardian Cities, 1880-1914  ARL NA9050.5 .M67 2008

I. Morley, ‘The Cultural Expansion of America: Imperialism, Civic Design, and the Philippines in the Early 1900s’, European Journal of American Culture, vol. 29, no. 3 (2010)

Week 9. Architects and Utopia: New Directions to National Development (October 31^st 2014)

What was the distinctive contribution of Raymond Unwin, Tony Garnier, and Le Corbusier to urban development in the 20^th century? What were the similarities between the approaches the adopted? What were the differences? How effective do you think each was in establishing a new model of urban development? How optimistic were they? Why did idealistic European ideas have an influence in places like India by the 1950s? Do these ideas have any historical comparisons with ideal cities from the Renaissance?

Keywords:  Letchworth  Hampstead Garden Suburb  Cite Industrielle  

                Contemporary City of 3 MillionPeople Modernist Architecture  Green Belt  

                ‘Streets in the Sky’  Chandigarh

References:     D. Wiebenson, Tony Garnier   ARL NA9053.N4W54

Ebenezer Howard, Garden Cities of To-Morrow   ARL HT161.H6 1946

Robert Fishman, Urban Utopias in the 20^th Century   CC Res HT161.F57 1982

W. Creese, The Search for Environment   ARL HT161.C7 1992

Le Corbusier, The City of Tomorrow and its Planning   ARL NA9030.J413 1947a

Patrick Abercrombie, ‘Modern Town Planning in England: A Comparative Review of the ‘Garden City’ Schemes in England’, The Town Planning Review, vol. 1 (1910), and ‘Modern Town Planning in England: A Comparative Review of the ‘Garden City’ Schemes in England, Part 2’, The Town Planning Review, vol. 1 (1910).

W. Ashworth, The Genesis of Modern British Town Planning   ARL NA9185.A795

A. Sutcliffe, British Town Planning: The Formative Years   ARL HT169.G7B7

M. Miller, Raymond Unwin: Garden Cities and Town Planning   ARL NA997.U59M55

M. Miller, Letchworth: The First Garden City   DA690.L557 M55 2002

S.V. Ward, The Garden City: Past, Present and Future   UL/ARL NA9095.I46 2001

G. Shatkin, ‘Colonial Capital, Modernist Capital, Global Capital’, Pacific Affairs vol. 78, no. 4 (2005-6).

Week 10. Colonial and Post-Colonial Urban Statements: New Delhi and Canberra (November 7^th 2014)

How did the design and plan of environments such as New Delhi and Canberra express sentiments relating to colonialism? What forms did these environments have, and how did they use historicism to establish modern city environments? In the case of Canberra, how did politics affect the design of the city? Is Canberra today the product of urban planning or government attitudes? In what ways was the competition to design Canberra an international scandal, and how did this influence the selection of prize winners? Additionally, did the Indian wish to free itself from colonialism lead to new city types or a re-use of British ideas?

Lecture Video: “Sir Edwin Lutyens: Architect of the British Empire”

Keywords:  New Delhi  Canberra  Colonialism  Sir Edwin Lutyens  Walter Burley Griffin  Le Corbusier                       Baroque  City Beautiful   Nation/Nationhood

References:     J. Reps, Canberra 1912   ARL HT178.A82 C36 1997

E. Mort, Old Canberra: A Sketchbook  ARL NC371.M68 A4 1987

A. Volwahsen, Imperial Delhi: The British Capital of the Indian Empire  ARL NA1508.N49 V65 2002

R.G. Irving, Indian Summer  ARL 997.L8 I7 1981

E. Wilhide, Edwin Lutyens: Designing in an English Tradition  ARL 997.L8 W55 2000

C. Hussey, The Life of Sir Edwin Lutyens  ARL NA997.L8 H87 1984

A Hopkins, Lutyens Abroad  ARL NA997.L8 L88 2002

J. Turnball and P.Y. Navaretti, The Griffins in Australia and India  ARL NA737.G65 A4 1998

A. Prakash and V. Prakash, Chandigarh: The City Beautiful  ARL NA1508. C44 P724 1999

R. Kalia, Chandigarh: The Making of an Indian City  ARL H169.I5 K35 1999

R. Kalia, Chandigarh: In Search of an Identity  ARL HT169.57.I42 C485 1987

I Morley, ‘Canberra’s Connections: Canberra’s Plan and Nationhood’, Fabrications: Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand, vol. 23, no. 1 (2013)

Week 11. City Faces (i). Identities and Nationalism: Antoni Gaudi and Barcelona (November 14^th 2014)

How and why did Barcelona develop in the way it did from the mid-1800s? What factors affected its development from the second half of the nineteenth century to the early-1900s? What role did Antoni Gaudi play in this process? And how did his identity as a Catalan affect his architectural work? How is Gaudi’s work now perceived given his image at the centre of Barcelona’s tourist industry, the local cultural renaissance, and the fall of Franco?

Lecture DVD: “Visions of Space – Antoni Gaudi: God’s Architect”

Keywords: Catalonia, Spain  Ildefons Cerda  Antoni Gaudi  Nationhood  Sagrada Familia  Cultural Growth                Casa Batllo  Cultural Heritage  Tourism

References:     Arturo Soria y Puig, Cerda  UL HT131. C473 1999

Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Antoni Gaudi  ARL NA1313.G3 S6413 2003

James Johnson Sweeney, Antoni Gaudi  ARL NA1313.G3 S9 1970

Xavier Guell, Antoni Gaudi  ARL NA1313.G3G84

Roberto Pane, Antoni Gaudi  ARL NA1313.G3 P36 1964

Derek Avery, Antoni Gaudi  ARL NA1313.G3 A837 2004

Tim Marshall, Transforming Barcelona  ARL HT169.S72 B378 2004

Teresa-M Sala, Barcelona 1900  ARL NX562.B37 B35 2008

Malcolm Miles and Tim Hall, The City Cultures Reader  UL HT151 .C5822 2004

Borja de Riquer i Permanyer, Modernismo: Architecture and design in Catalonia ARL Oversize NX562.B37 M6313 2003 

Yukio Futagawa, Gaudí  ARL NA1313.G3 A4 2003

Philippe Thiébaut, Gaudi: Builder of Visions  ARL NA1313.G3 T34 2002

Manuel Gausa and Marta Cervelló, Barcelona: A Guide to its Modern Architecture 1860-2002  ARL NA1311.B3 G387 2002

Week 12. City Faces (ii). Skyscrapers and their Meanings (November 21^st 2014)

What were the origins of high-rise construction? Where were the earliest examples of high-rise offices and housing to be found, and what form did they take? Why did high-rise housing come to be seen as an important means of dealing with housing provision after the Second World War? What led to its eventual abandonment in Britain but its continued use in other countries? What is the significance of high-rise construction today in Asia? Why are the largest buildings in the world found in countries like Taiwan, Malaysia and the UAE? What symbolic messages/readings lie within tall buildings and why do they have great meaning to particular societies as they evolve?

To supplement the lecture documentary work Prof. Morley has undertaken with The Discovery Channel and Voom! will be utilised.

Lecture DVD: “The Vertical City Series 2: Taipei 101 Tower”

Keywords:  Steel  Concrete  New York  Chicago  William Le Baron Jenny  Technology  Dubai  Taipei 101                   Petronas Towers

References:    Thomas Deckker, Modern Architecture Revisited   ARL HT166.M582 2000 

G.H. Douglas, The Social History of the Very Tall Building in America   ARL NA6232.D68 1996

T. Turak, William Le Baron Jenney: A Pioneer of Modern Architecture   ARL NA737.J46 T87 1986

R.M.Reynolds, How America Grew Up   ARL NA735.N5R49 1994

G. Binder, Tall Buildings of Asia and Australia   ARL NA6234.A78 T35 2001

Huang Tsung-yi Michelle, Walking Between Slums and Skyscrapers   UL/UK HK Studies HT169.H6 H83 2004

K.W. Schmitt, Multi-Storey Housing   ARL NA7860.S33 1966

A.C. Bossom, Building to the Skies   ARL NA6230.B6 1934

L.J. Vale and S. Bass Warner, Imaging the City   ARL NA9095.I46 2001

Week 13. Abstracting the Contemporary Chinese Metropolis (November 28^th 2014)

The final class of the term will present a review of the numerous themes raised throughout the course. Particular reference will be made to the modern Chinese city and the significance of the city to the national development of China. A conceptualisation of the design and plan of modern Chinese cities will be given.

Lecture DVD:  “China Rises”

Keywords:  Beijing  Shanghai Shenzhen Hong Kong  Globalisation  Modernity  Sustainable Development

References:  UN-Habitat, The State of the World’s Cities   UL HT151 .S644 2004

P.G. Hall, The World Cities   UL HT151.H33 1977

S.V. Ward, Planning the Twentieth Century City   ARL HT166 .W35 2002

Fulong Wu, Globalization and the Chinese City   UL HT169.C6 G56 2006

F. Léautier, Cities in a Globalizing World   UL HT151.C5686 2006

G. McGranahan, The Citizens at Risk   ARL GF900.C57 2001

H. Girardet, Creating Sustainable Cities   UL/ARL HT241.G572 1999

B. Evans et al, Governing Sustainable Cities   UL HT169.E85 G68 2005

L.F. Girard at al, The Human Sustainable City   ARL HT241.H85 2003

I. Morley ‘Abstracting the City’ in R. Hasmath and J. Hsu, China in an Era of Transition: Understanding Contemporary State and Society Actors   UL HN733.5.C4295 2009

Grading

Students shall be given a term grade based on:

1. Participation – 30% of total term score. This grade is given in relation to

(i)     Attendance of lectures and tutorials

(ii)   Participation (leading a short tutorial discussion of about 5 minutes in length, the asking of questions in classes, and engagement with online discussions on the HIST5539A Facebook group)

(iii)  Introductory composition (400-500 words) relating to your understanding of the video to be watched as preparation for tutorial 1.

1. Short paper (1500-2000 words) – 30% of term grade.

1. Take-home examination (2000-2500 words) – 40% of term grade.

However always remember: speak with Prof. Morley or Mr Cheng should you have any questions about how your term grade is composed, or how your work shall be graded. We are happy to assist you!

Please note: (i) All assignments submitted will be returned in PDF format via email. All work to be returned includes the assignments plus a grade sheet designed by Prof. Morley that breaks down the score of your work. This informs you of not only your grade but exactly how you achieved it. Detailed comments about your work will be given by your Tutor.

(ii) Amended versions of any assignment cannot be submitted at a later date.

Tutorial Dates and Themes

As part of your undertaking of HIST5539A you are required to attend four tutorials. These shall take place immediately after the lecture. Each tutorial offers an opportunity to discuss, evaluate and note aspects of the urban past raised within the lectures so as to clarify and elucidate your knowledge of cities and their development. Where possible particular skill-building activities will be introduced. Provisionally, the following dates and topics are set for the tutorials:

1. Friday, September 19^th 2014 – Week 3 – Introduction, and city development debate.
2. From Friday, October 10^th – Week 6 – Comparing pre-industrial cities, map reading.
3. From Friday, October 24^th – Week 8 – Cities/buildings, identity, and nationhood.
4. Friday, November 28^th – Week 13 – Cities, national development, and urban history.

Please note: For tutorials 2 and 3 the class will be split into smaller groups, i.e. groups A and B. Group A and group B will have their respective tutorials on different dates. See the course calendar for class dates.

Core Texts and Journals

The key texts for course HIST5539A are:

John Reader, Cities  UL HT111. R43 2004

Lewis Mumford, The City in History  UL HT111.M8/ARL HT111.M8

However other texts of relevance to parts of the course are:

Edmund Bacon, The Design of Cities   CC Res NA9050.B22 1974

Peter Hall, Cities in Civilisation  CC Res HT 111. H345 1998

Paul Hohenberg and Lynn Hollen Lees, The Making of Urban Europe 1000-1994   UL HT131.H658 1995

Spiro Kostof, The City Shaped and The City Assembled   CC Res HT111.K63

A.E.J. Morris, History of Urban Form   CC Res /ARL HT166.M59 1993

Donald Olsen, The City as a Work of Art   CC Res NA970.O47 1986

Jan de Vries, European Urbanization 1500-1800   CC Res/UL HT131.D4

For primary sources relating to aspects of the course, e.g. modern cities, please refer to:

http://www.library.cornell.edu/Reps/DOCS/homepage.htm

Students will be expected to make use of other materials listed within this document as the course unfolds to prepare for both classes and assignments. At the same time many journals will be of use to this preparation process. In particular publications such as Urban History, Social History, Town Planning Review, Planning Perspectives, Journal of Urban History, The Economic History Review, Journal of Urban History, and the Journal of Social Medicine will have relevance to particular lectures and assignment questions.

Fieldtrip

It is anticipated that a short fieldtrip shall take place before the end of the course.

The fieldtrip is composed so as to offer a valuable opportunity to see the theory of urban development and culture in practice, and to see urban transition and design processes ‘in action’.

The fieldtrip shall go to Central District, Hong Kong. The visit is designed to tie in with the lectures on 19^th century environments, skyscrapers and the meaning of architectural structures. The visit will afford the chance to see and understand the meaning of the historic and contemporary metropolis to the development of Hong Kong.

A time will be arranged that is most appropriate to everyone for this fieldtrip. However, in light of differing time constraints placed upon students it may not be possible to find an ideal fieldtrip date for everyone.

To avoid clashes with Saturday classes the fieldtrip will take place on a Sunday.

A phone/tablet App will be available to students attending the field trip informing them of urban developments in Hong Kong. The App includes old photos, maps, and historical data related to the past and present condition of Hong Kong’s built environment.