LS 614 - Working in Baltimore: Local and Global Perspectives

(3.00 cr.)

From steel, the port, and drug wars to technology and globalization, this course considers a range of political and economic issues in Baltimore and postindustrial America in a changing world. It considers historical and modern developments, from the individual and local experience to the national and global contexts. This course relies in part on David Simon's HBO series, "The Wire." Service-learning option available.