Deals with major issues in Latin America’s historical formation: pre-Hispanic cultures, the Spanish conquest, the role of colonial institutions, the development of trade, eighteenth-century reform, independence, the formation of nations; and identify major issues in current Latin American affairs.
The following files are attached to this course.
| Filename | Description | Size |
| Summer Session Documents Week 1..doc | Week 1. Documents - required reading | 138 KB |
| Summer Session Documents Week 2..doc | Week 2. Documents - required reading | 263 KB |
| Summer Session Documents Week 3..doc | Week 3. Documents - required reading | 154 KB |
| Summer Session Documents Week 4.doc | Week 4. Documents - required reading | 132 KB |
| Summer Session Documents Week 5..doc | Week 5. Documents - required reading | 203 KB |
| History 8 - Paper Assignment.doc | Paper assignment | 39 KB |
| Summer Session Documents Week 6..doc | Week 6. Documents - required reading | 142 KB |
| History 8 - syllabus summer 2011.doc | Syllabus - History 8 | 35 KB |
| Lecture 1. Introduction to LatinAmerican History.ppt | Lecture 1. Introduction to Latin Amerian History | 21.7 MB |
| grading rubric.jpg | Paper grading checklist / grading rubric | 1.0 MB |
| Lecture 2. Encounter and Conquest.ppt | Lecture 2. Encounter and Conquest | 21.6 MB |
| Lecture 3. Colonial Consoliation.ppt | Lecture 3. Colonial Consolidation | 7.9 MB |
| Lecture 4. Colonial Economies.ppt | Lecture 4. Colonial Economies | 7.6 MB |
| 8-MT study guide Summer '11.doc | Study Guide - Midterm Exam | 35 KB |
| Section_syllabus Jackson W..doc | Section syllabus - Jackson Warkentin | 24 KB |
| Lecture 5. Late Colonial Brazil and Spanish America.ppt | Lecture 5. Late Colonial Brazil and Spanish America | 26.9 MB |
| Lecture 6. Independence.ppt | Lecture 6. Independence | 6.4 MB |
| Lecture 7. Early Post-Independence.ppt | Lecture 7. Early Post-Independence | 8.2 MB |
| Lecture 8. Late 19th century, Neocolonialism.ppt | Lecture 8. Late 19th century | 20.2 MB |
| Lecture 9. Mexico 1876-1940.ppt | Lecture 9. Mexico 1876-1940 | 23.9 MB |
| Lecture 10. US and Latin America 1820-1950.ppt | Lecture 10, U.S. and Latin America | 31.9 MB |
| Hist 8 Final study guide S'11.doc | Study Guide FINAL EXAM | 33 KB |
| Exam Protocols.ppt | Exam Protocols | 134 KB |
| Lecture 11. Revolutions in Latin America.ppt | Lecture 11. Revolutions in Latin America - 1 | 7.4 MB |
| Lecture 13. Cuban Revolution and beyond.ppt | Lecture 12. Cuban Revolution and Beyond | 13.9 MB |
| Lecture 13. Revolutions,Counter-Revolutions - 1.ppt | Lecture 13. Revolutions, Counter-revolutions, repression | 7.6 MB |
| Lecture 14. Democratization and Neoliberalism.ppt | Lecture 14. Democratization, neoliberalism | 10.8 MB |
| Lecture 15. Cuba 1975-2000.ppt | Lecture 15. Cuba 1975-2000 | 3.9 MB |
| Lecture 16. Brazil.ppt | Lecture 16. Brazil | 1.5 MB |
| Lecture 16. The State and popular culture.ppt | Lecture 17. The State and Popular Culture | 6.5 MB |
| Lecture 18. Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia.ppt | Leccture 18. Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia | 15.3 MB |
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