TOPIC SCHEDULE and ASSIGNMENTS
Aug. 30, Introduction, Current Situation
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, Introduction
Conquest and Encounters
Sept. 1-3 Ancient America and the Iberian World
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 1-2
Sept. 3 Movie: The Aztec Empire
Sept. 8-10 Conquest and Invasion of the America
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 3
Sept. 8 MAP QUIZ
Sept. 13, 15, 17 New World Empires: Administration, Church and Society
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 5
Sept. 20 New World Empires: Brazil
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 6
Sept. 22-24 The Economy of Empire
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 4
Sept. 27-29 Slavery and Society
Oct. 1-4 The Eighteenth Century
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 7
Age of Revolutions and Nation-State Formation
Oct. 6 Movie: Egalite for All
Oct. 8, 13, 15 Independence?: Elitist Movements versus popular revolts
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 8
MIDTERM EXAM OCTOBER 18
Oct. 20-22 Republican Chaos and Limits of Liberalism
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 9
Oct. 25 Class, Race, and the Folk
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 10
Oct. 27 The Brazilian Empire
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 10 (pages 220-229)
Oct. 29, Nov. 1 Progress and Modernization
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 11
Nov. 3 Latin America and the United States
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 22 (pages 559-571)
Nationals Identities and Transformations
Nov. 5-8 The Mexican Revolution
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 12 (pages 313-325)
Nov. 10-12 Movie: Motorcycle Diaries
Nov. 15-17 Nationalism and Populism
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 13-14
Nov. 19 Cold War and Latin America
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, (See pages: 351-353; 368-373; 388-389)
Nov. 22, 29 Socialist Revolutions (Cuba)
Read Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 15 (pages 391-400)
Nov. 24 Movie Fidel Castro and the Making of a Revolution
Dec. 1-2 Revolutions and Alternative Visions
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 16; ch. 18 (pages 457-467)
Dec. 6-8 Military Governments
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 20; ch. 22 (pages 573-581)
Dec. 10 Democracies and Current Conditions
Read: Benjamin Keen and Keith Haynes, A History of Latin America, ch. 21
FRIDAY DECEMBER 17 FINAL EXAM AT 8:30-10:30 AM
José O Solá