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Class number:
3140
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Title: Tokyo Story:Fishing to Cosmo |
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Department: History |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Graded |
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Units: 1.00 |
| Enrollment limited to 25 |
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Current enrollment: 15 |
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Available seats: 10 |
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Start date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 |
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End date: Friday, May 12, 2023 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: WF: 11:30AM-12:45PM, SH - N128 |
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Instructor(s): Bayliss, Jeffrey |
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Prerequisite(s): None |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements |
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Note: 4 seats reserved for first year students, 4 seats for sophomores. |
Course Description:
This course explores the historical development of Tokyo, from its obscure, medieval origins to its present status as one of the world's most populous and cosmopolitan cities. In spite of being destroyed on average once every 30 years by fires, natural disasters, and war—or perhaps because of this—Tokyo has sprung eternal, constantly transforming itself within shifting political, economic, and cultural contexts. This course examines the constantly transforming urban landscape and its impact on the structure of the city and the lives of its inhabitants. Topics of particular interest include: the rise of capitalism and its impact on early-modern urbanization, the impact of Western-style modernization on the organization of urban life in the 19th and 20th centuries, labor migration and its impact on urban slums, the impact of the economic "high growth" years on Japanese urban lifestyles, and the rise of Tokyo as a symbol of post-modern urban culture. |