{"id":9161,"date":"2025-09-24T23:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T20:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/?post_type=course&#038;p=9161"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:31:40","slug":"his402-urban-history-semester-7th","status":"publish","type":"course","link":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/course\/his402-urban-history-semester-7th\/","title":{"rendered":"HIS402 - History of Cities (semester 7) (not offered)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u039a\u0391\u03a4\u0397\u0393\u039f\u03a1\u0399\u0391 \u039c\u0391\u0398\u0397\u039c\u0391\u03a4\u039f\u03a3:\u00a0\u039c\u0391\u0398\u0397\u039c\u0391 \u0395\u039b\u0395\u03a5\u0398\u0395\u03a1\u0397\u03a3 \u0395\u03a0\u0399\u039b\u039f\u0393\u0397\u03a3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u039c\u03ac\u03b8\u03b7\u03bc\u03b1: \u0399\u03a3\u03a4\u039f\u03a1\u0399\u0391 \u03a0\u039f\u039b\u0395\u03a9\u039d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u039a\u03c9\u03b4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2: HIS402<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Semester: 7th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teacher:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The period 1780-1940 in Europe and America and of course also in Greece (with a focus on Athens) is examined and the concept and content of the &quot;city&quot; from the Middle Ages onwards is first analyzed, the various types of cities depending on their functions, and then individual issues such as:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1) How modern observers and scientists saw and experienced the city and the phenomenon of urbanization during the period of the explosion of the urban phenomenon in Western Europe.<\/p>\n<p>2) The structure of cities and how it changed due to intense urbanization as well as the major regeneration and reorganization projects carried out in the old centers of large cities<\/p>\n<p>3) The various functions and services that cities host. Particular emphasis is given to the organization of public hygiene services<\/p>\n<p>4) Building conditions and various types of housing in Europe and the USA.<\/p>\n<p>5) The characteristics of urban populations and their demographic behavior (age structure, birth rate, mortality, urban diseases, etc.)<\/p>\n<p>6) Finally, the various social classes that inhabit cities are studied in terms of their different lifestyles and habits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Textbooks<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Luc Pinol, The World of Cities, Plethron Publishing House, Athens 2000<\/p>\n<p>Jean-LucPinol,\u00a0<em>\u0397 \u03b5\u03c5\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03b1\u03ca\u03ba\u03ae \u03c0\u03cc\u03bb\u03b7<\/em>, \u03b5\u03ba\u03b4\u03a0\u03bb\u03ad\u03b8\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd, \u0391\u03b8\u03ae\u03bd\u03b1 2008<\/p>\n<p><em>\u039a\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 \u0386\u03c4\u03bb\u03b1\u03bd\u03c4\u03b1\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u0391\u03b8\u03ae\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2,<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.athenssocialatlas.gr%0D\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.athenssocialatlas.gr<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":""},"course-type":[67,89,86],"semester":[84],"class_list":{"0":"post-9161","1":"course","2":"type-course","3":"status-publish","5":"course-type-eleftheris-epilogis","6":"course-type-89","7":"course-type-86","8":"semester-84"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course\/9161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/course"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"course-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/course-type?post=9161"},{"taxonomy":"semester","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.econ.uoa.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/semester?post=9161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}