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HIST245

Survey of Latin American History
HIST245 SP

Crosslistings: LAST245
SectionClass Size*AvailableTimes
1 40 11 Times: .T.T... 2:40PM-4:00PM;

*The number of spaces listed as available is based on class seats open for the current phase of registration. Some seats may be taken in previous phases while others may be held out for subsequent phases of registration. (Last Updated on Wed Mar 4 05:00:40 EST 1998 )

Photo Caption and Credits

A survey of Latin American history from the preconquest cultures to the 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
Fidel Castro, HISTORY WILL ABSOLVE ME
Paolo Freire, PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED
Penny Lernoux, CRY OF THE PEOPLE
James Lockhart and Stuart Schwartz, EARLY LATIN
AMERICA
Rigoberta Menchu, I, RIGOBERTA MENCHU
Chico Mendes, FIGHT FOR THE FOREST
Thomas Skidmore and Peter Smith, MODERN LATIN
AMERICA
Stanley Stein and Barbara Stein, THE COLONIAL HERITAGE OF
LATIN AMERICA
Eric Williams, CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY
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

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UG Credit: 1.00 Gen Ed Area & Dept: SBS HIST

Prerequisites: None

Section 01
Paton, D
Times: .T.T... 2:40PM- 4:00PM;
Grading Mode: A/F
Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 2, Jr: 1, So: 1, Fr: 3
Major Preference Given

Last Updated on MAR-03-1998



About the Photo:

A priest's head carved Totonac style, from the Veracruz region

Reference:

Nicholson, Irene. MEXICAN AND CENTRAL AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY,New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1967



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