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Introduction
(week 1)
| Friday,
26 August |
What
is Latin America?
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Introduction
to the Course. Chasteen, Born in Blood and Fire, pp. 15-27. |
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| Monday,
29 August |
How
was Latin America colonized and how did it become independent?
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Chasteen,
Born in Blood and Fire, pp. 29-117. |
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| Wednesday,
31 August |
What
are the contours of Latin America's 19th Century?
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Chasteen,
Born in Blood and Fire, pp. 119-211. |
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| Friday,
2 September |
What
are the contours of Latin America's 20th Century?
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Chasteen,
Born in Blood and Fire, pp. 213-321. |
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Section
1. Independence and the Early Republican Period (weeks 2-4)
| Monday,
5 September |
What
caused Independence?
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Background
to Independence in Spanish America, Handout. |
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| Wednesday,
7 September |
How
did Independence Come About?
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Independence
in Mexico and Central America, Handout. |
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| Friday,
9 September |
What
were the Consequences?
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Independence
in South America, Handout. |
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Week 3
| Monday,
12 September |
Why
was there no ideological consensus?
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Reread Chasteeen,
"Postcolonial Blues."
Documents on Colombian Liberalism. Handout. |
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| Wednesday,
14 September |
Why
was there no ideological consensus? II
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Documents on
Mexican Liberalism. Handout. |
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| Friday,
16 September |
Why
was there no ideological consensus? III
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Documents on
Mexican Liberalism. Handout. |
| Friday,
16 September |
Paper
Topics are Due. |
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| Week 4 |
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| Monday,
19 September |
How
About Argentina?
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Early
Liberals in Argentina, Handout. |
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| Wednesday,
21 September |
How
did Liberalism Evolve?
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Later
Liberals in Argentina, Handout. |
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| Friday,
23 September |
What
was happening to the Economy?
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Map Quiz
Reread Chasteen, "Progress."
From Bust to Boom, Handout. |
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Section
2. From Chaos to Export Booms (weeks 5-8)
| Week
5 |
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| Monday,
26 September |
How
did Latin American Societies Change?
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Reread
Chasteen, Neo-Colonialism
The Transformation of Argentina, Handout. |
| Wednesday,
28 September |
How
did Latin American Societies Change?
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The
Transformation of Brazil, Handout. |
| Friday,
30 September |
Was
this a good thing?
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Burns,
The Poverty of Progress, pp. 1-50. |
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| Week
6 |
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| Monday,
3 October |
Was
19th-Century Development a Good Thing?
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Burns,
The Poverty of Progress, pp. 51-131. |
| Wednesday,
5 October |
Was
19th-Century Development a Good Thing?
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Burns,
The Poverty of Progress, pp. 132-154. |
| Thursday,
6 October |
Paper
Bibliographies are due. Remember to include a title page.
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| Friday,
7 October |
EXAM
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| Week
7 |
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| Monday,
10 October |
Were
Latin American Societies Totally Divided?
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Chasteen, National
Rhythms, pp. 1-88. |
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| Wednesday,
12 October |
Were
Latin American Societies Totally Divided?
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Chasteen, National
Rhythms, pp. 91-163. |
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| Friday,
14 October |
Were
Latin American Societies Totally Divided?
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Chasteen, National
Rhythms, pp. 165-204. |
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Fall
Break, 16 October to 24 October
| Week
8 |
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| Monday,
24 October |
Why
didn't the good times last? WWI & the Depression.
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Thorpe
on Economic Crisis, Handout. |
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| Wednesday,
26 October |
Why
didn't the good times last? The Dutch Disease.
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Barham
and Coobe article, Handout. |
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| Friday,
28 October |
Why
didn't the good times last? Social Tension.
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Historiography
Assignment Due in Class.
Gonzalez, The Mexican Revolution, pp. 1-59. |
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Section
3. From Populism to Dictatorship (weeks 9-14)
| Week
9 |
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| Monday,
31 October |
How
did the Mexican Revolution Come About?
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Gonzalez, The
Mexican Revolution, pp. 60-159. |
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| Wednesday,
2 November |
How
did Mexcio Stabilize?
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Gonzalez, The
Mexican Revolution, pp. 160-220. |
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| Friday,
4 November |
Was
the Revolution Good for Mexico?
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Gonzalez, The
Mexican Revolution, pp. 221-270. |
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| Week
10 |
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| Monday,
7 November |
What
did Populists want? The case of Vargas
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Reread Chasteen,
"Nationalism."
Levine, Father of the Poor, pp. 1-49. |
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| Wednesday,
9 November |
Was
the Estado Novo progress?
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Levine, Father
of the Poor, pp. 50-96. |
| Thursday,
10 November |
Argument Summaries
are Due. |
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| Friday,
11 November |
Was
Vargas good for Brazil?
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Levine, Father
of the Poor, pp. 97-161.
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| Week
11 |
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| Monday,
14 November |
How
did Fidel Castro ever come to power?
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Reread
Chasteen, "Revolution."
Wright, Latin America in the era ..., pp. xi-38. |
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| Wednesday,
16 November |
What
was the impact of Cuban Revolution?
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Wright,
Latin America in the era ..., pp. 39-109. |
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| Friday,
18 November |
What
was the impact of Cuban Revolution?
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Wright, Latin
America in the era ..., pp. 111-147.
Program of the Popular Unity Coalition.
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| Week
12 |
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| Monday,
21 November |
How
did Elites React?
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Wright,
Latin America in the era ..., pp. 149-164.
Reread Chasteen, "Reaction." |
| Wednesday,
23 November |
Why
did the US support Dictators?
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Kirkpatrick,
"Dictators and Double Standards," in the Packet.
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| Wednesday,
23 November |
Introductions are Due. Remember to include a title page and your previous
stages.
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| Friday,
25 November |
Thanksgiving
Break, No Class
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| Week
13 |
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| Monday,
28 November |
The
Nicaraguan Revolution
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Wright,
Latin America in the era ..., pp. 165-185.
Children of Cain, pp. 273-329. |
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| Wednesday,
30 November |
A
New Age of Chaos?
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Children
of Cain |
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| Friday,
2 December |
A
New Age of Chaos?
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Children
of Cain |
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| Week
14 |
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| Monday,
5 December |
Why
Neo-Liberalism?
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Reread
Chasteen, "Neoliberalism."
"Debt-Led Growth & Disaster." Handout. |
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| Wednesday,
7 December |
What
hath neo-liberalism wrought?
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"The
New Paradigm," handout. |
| Thursday,
8 December |
Final
Draft is Due. Remember to include a title page and all the previous
stages that I have looked at. |
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| Friday,
9 December |
Conclusion and Review
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