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Survey of Latin American History
HIST245 SP
Crosslistings: LAST245
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
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/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS HIST
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
Last Updated on MAR-24-2000
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