The Baroque City:The Baroque City: Court, Parade & CapitalCourt, Parade & Capital

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The Industrial CityThe Industrial City

The Culture of CitiesThe Culture of Cities

Monday, March 22/2006Monday, March 22/2006

SOSC 2730SOSC 2730

Urban Studies Program @ YorkUUrban Studies Program @ YorkU

http://www.arts.yorku.ca/sosc/urbanst/index.htmlhttp://www.arts.yorku.ca/sosc/urbanst/index.html

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Final ExaminationFinal Examination

2-5 PM, Monday, April 242-5 PM, Monday, April 24

Curtis Lecture Hall DCurtis Lecture Hall D

format:format: Part APart A (Quiz 5) (Quiz 5)

Part BPart B answer 2 essay questions answer 2 essay questions

out of 5 (cumulative)out of 5 (cumulative)

Schedule of ReadingSchedule of Reading

• week of March 13– The Structure of Baroque Power (12)– Court, Parade & Capital (13)

• week of March 20– Commercial Expansion & Urban Dissolution (14)– Paleotechnic Paradise: Coketown (15)

• week of March 27– Suburbia –– and Beyond (16)– The Myth of Megalopolis (17)

• week of April 3– Retrospect & Prospect (18)

Selected CivilizationsSelected Civilizations

The Industrial CityThe Industrial City

Manchester, UKManchester, UKpopulation: 84,000 (1800)population: 84,000 (1800)

12 Largest Urban Places in Europe, 180012 Largest Urban Places in Europe, 1800 16501650 1800 1800

LondonLondon 350,000350,000 948,000948,000ParisParis 400,000 400,000 550,000550,000NaplesNaples 300,000 300,000 430,000430,000ViennaVienna 70,000 70,000 247,000247,000AmsterdamAmsterdam 120,000 120,000 217,000217,000DublinDublin – – 200,000200,000LisbonLisbon 150,000 150,000 195,000195,000BerlinBerlin – – 172,000172,000MadridMadrid 100,000 100,000 168,000168,000RomeRome 110,000 110,000 153,000153,000PalermoPalermo 100,000 100,000 140,000140,000VeniceVenice 140,000 140,000 138,000138,000

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Industrial RevolutionIndustrial Revolution

• coal coal ––––>> steam powered machinery steam powered machinery

• mine pumpsmine pumps

• factoriesfactories

• railwaysrailways

• steam shipssteam ships

17761776

17761776

17761776

ChangeChange

• separation of work & homeseparation of work & home

• separation of rural & urbanseparation of rural & urban

• new social elitenew social elite–manufacturers, bankers, entrepreneursmanufacturers, bankers, entrepreneurs

• urban morphologyurban morphology–specialized production zonesspecialized production zones

17661766

LiverpoolLiverpool

17761776

17761776

18011801

1840s1840s

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ChangeChange

• social mobiltiysocial mobiltiy

• suburbanizationsuburbanization

• economic recessionseconomic recessions

• grinding povertygrinding poverty

• municipal governmentmunicipal government