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Academic Year 2001/2002
Survey of Latin American History
HIST 245 FA
This course presents a survey of Latin American history from the preconquest cultures to contemporary economic and political crises. Topics include colonialism, the conflict between Europeans and Indians, slavery and
abolition, the wars of independence,
neocolonialism, development of social and cultural pluralism, 20th-century political movements.
MAJOR READINGS
Argentina, Commission on the Disappeared, NUNCA MAS
Mark Burkholder and Lyman Johnson, COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA
Fidel Castro, HISTORY WILL ABSOLVE ME
Susan Eckstein, ed., POWER AND POPULAR PROTEST IN LATIN
AMERICA
Paolo Freire, PEDAGOGY OF
THE OPPRESSED
Sandra Lauderdale Graham, HOUSE AND STREET
Florencia Mallon, PEASANT AND NATION
Rigoberta Menchu, I, RIGOBERTA MENCHU
Chico Mendes, FIGHT FOR THE FOREST
Thomas Skidmore and Peter
Smith, MODERN LATIN AMERICA
Jose
Vasconcelos, THE COSMIC RACE/LA RAZA COSMICA
Reading list subject to change because Latin American texts go out of print very quickly.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Midterm and final exams. Two 5-6 page papers; one additional writing exercise, regular class attendance; class participation.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
No extensions, no late papers will be accepted. No incompletes. No unexcused absences.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Wightman,Ann M.
- Times: ..T.R.. 09:00AM-10:20AM; Location: PAC002
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 40)
- SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 10
- SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: 5 SO: 20 FR: X
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2002
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