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Academic Year 2001/2002


Survey of Latin American History
HIST 245 FA

Crosslistings:
LAST 245

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
Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002


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