History
HIST 1187: Introduction to Latin American History
Lecture - 4 credits
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- Surveys major themes in Latin American history from the arrival of the first human inhabitants until the present through a diversity of primary and secondary sources.
- Examines the social, cultural, political, and economic transformations that shaped Latin America during this period.
- Emphasizes how concepts of race, class, gender, and sexuality informed these changes and the people's experiences of them.
- Topics include migration, colonialism and postcolonialism, war and revolution, slavery and abolition, nationalism and nation building, democracy and despotism, urbanization, modernization, religion, imperialism and underdevelopment, human rights, drug policy and international relations, labor, the arts, popular culture, and the environment.
Surveys major themes in Latin American history from the arrival of the first human inhabitants until the present through a diversity of primary and secondary sources. Show more.