CCAS M187
Latino Metropolis: Architecture and Urbanism in Americas
Description: (Formerly numbered Chicana and Chicano Studies M187.) (Same as History M151E and Urban Planning M187.) Lecture, four hours. Introduction to history of architecture and urbanism in Americas, from fabled cities of Aztec empire to barrios of 21st-century Los Angeles and Miami. Emphasis on role of cities in Latina/Latino experience and uses of architecture and city planning to forge new social identities rooted in historical experiences of conquest, immigration, nationalization, and revolution. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0