Great Cities in Asia

4 credits · Undergraduate credit

This course serves as an introduction to the history and culture of a great city or a group of great cities in Asia (e.g. Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Mumbai). This course focuses on a number of key issues that are critical to making sense of these cities: the relationship between modern and premodern cities, the historical linkages between different Asian cities, and the challenges faced by most Asian cities, including cosmopolitanism, social inequality, suburbanization, pollution, etc.