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CityScope: New Orleans

Undergraduate · Historical course

Spring 2007

Do you want to think about ways to help solve New Orleans' problems? CityScope is a project-based introduction to the contemporary city. "Problem solving in complex (urban) environments" is different than "solving complex problems." As a member of a team, you will learn to assess scenarios for the purpose of formulating social, economic and design strategies to provide humane and sustainable solutions. A visit to New Orleans is planned for spring break 2007.

Readings

  • Barry, John M. Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America . New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1998, chapters 17-33 and Appendix. ISBN: 9780684840024.
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  • Eckstein, Barbara. Sustaining New Orleans: Literature, Local Memory, and the Fate of a City . Oxford, UK: Routledge, 2005, chapter 4. ISBN: 9780415947831.
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  • Glaeser, Edward L. “Should the Government Rebuild New Orleans, Or Just Give Residents Checks?” The Economists’ Voice 2 (2005): 1-6.
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  • Hass, Edward. Delesseps S. Morrison and the Image of Reform: New Orleans Politics 1946-1961 . Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1986, chapters 1-4, 7, 12. ISBN: 9780807113493.
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  • Hirsch, Arnold R., and Joseph Logsdon. Creole New Orleans: Race and Americanization . Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1992, chapters 5-6. ISBN: 9780807117743.
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  • Kelman, Ari. A River and Its City: The Nature of Landscape in New Orleans . Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2006, chapter 5 and Epilogue. ISBN: 9780520234338.
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  • Lewis, Peirce F. New Orleans _: The Making of an Urban Landscape_. 3rd ed. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2007, chapter 6. ISBN: 9781930066618.
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  • “ Storm Protection: Past, Present, and Future .” National Public Radio, August 25, 2006. ↗
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