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HIST319
The Colonial Heritage of Latin America: Neo-Colonial Dependency
HIST319 FA
Crosslistings: LAST319
Not Currently Offered
This course is a study of the creation and structure of
colonial society and its impact on contemporary Latin
America. Extensive reading of primary sources is required.
MAJOR READINGS
Florence Babb, THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF
MARKET WOMEN IN PERU
Fidel Castro, HISTORY WILL ABSOLVE ME
David Collier, ed., THE NEW AUTHORITATIANISM IN LATIN
AMERICA
Carlos Fuentes, THE HYDRA HEAD
Richard Graham, BRITAIN AND THE ONSET OF MODERNIZATION
IN BRAZIL
Gustavo Gutierrez, A THEOLOGY OF LIBERATION
Walter Lafeber, INEVITABLE REVOLUTIONS
V.S. Naipaul, THE RETURN OF EVA PERON
D.F. Sarmiento, LIFE IN THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC IN THE
DAYS OF THE TYRANTS
Steven Schlesinger and Stephen Kinzer, BITTER FRUIT: THE
UNTOLD STORY OF THE AMERICAN COUP IN GUATEMALA
Stanley Stein and Barbara Stein, THE COLONIAL HERITAGE
OF LATIN AMERICA
Additional articles and primary documents on reserve.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Active participation,
including one class presentation. Seven short papers
(2-3pp.) on weekly readings and one longer, final paper, due
9:00 a.m one day before the readings are to be discussed in
class.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Preference given
to majors in HIST and LAST and to students who have had
HIST/LAST 245 (which is NOT a prerequisite). Students who
wish to use this seminar to satisfy the history or Latin
American studies research requirement may do so through
special arrangement with the instructor, submitting a
research paper instead of the short papers. Such students
are still required to complete all reading assignments and
fulfill all other requirements.
No extensions, 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.
Reading list subject to change because Latin American texts
go out of print quickly.
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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