Status
A
Activity
SEM
Section number integer
402
Title (text only)
The City
Term
2024A
Subject area
HIST
Section number only
402
Section ID
HIST0810402
Course number integer
810
Meeting times
M 1:45 PM-4:44 PM
Meeting location
EDUC 114
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Nina A Johnson
Michael P Nairn
Michael P Nairn
Description
Course will focus on Baltimore using The Wire and its sequel, We Own This City, as core texts. Following the trajectory of The Wire, the course will explore the history and development of the city and its institutions with a thematic focus on the impacts of the War on Drugs and policing on Baltimore’s African American community, urban revitalization, violence and community trauma, and the role of the carceral state in American cities.
Course number only
0810
Cross listings
URBS0210401
Fulfills
Humanties & Social Science Sector
Use local description
No
LPS Course
false
Major Concentrations
Major/Minor Requirements Fulfilled