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Introduction.
Origins and Overview (weeks 1-2)
| Monday, 22 January |
Why Radical Movements?
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Utopia Unarmed,
pp. 3-22. |
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| Wednesday, 24 January |
What were the Origins?
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Utopia Unarmed,
pp. 23-50. |
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| Friday, 26 January |
How did Radical Movements Change?
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Wright, pp. 1-38. |
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| Monday, 29 January |
What Impact did Cuba Have generally?
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Wright, pp. 39-107. |
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| Wednesday, 31 January |
What Impact did Cuba Have specifically?
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Wright, pp. 111-164. |
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| Friday, 2 February |
What Has Happened to Radical Movements in the Last
25 Years?
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Wright, 165-206. |
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Week 3
Case 1. The
Guatemalan Revolution (weeks 3-4)
| Monday, 5 February |
Was Cuba Really the Key Turning Point?
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The
World War and
the Cold War, e-reserve. |
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| Wednesday, 7 February |
How was it a Revolution?
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Accounts of Guatemala
under Arevalo, Blackboard. |
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| Friday, 9 February |
Why was it Threatening?
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Paper Topics are
Due.
Accounts
of Guatemala under Arbenz, Blackboard.
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| Monday, 12 February |
What was the US view?
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Cullather,
pp. vii-37.
Map Quiz
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| Wednesday, 14 February |
So what did they do?
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Cullather,
pp. 38-104. |
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| Friday, 16 February |
What is the Evaluation?
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Cullather,
pp. 105-123 and Afterword. |
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Case 2. The
Cuban Revolution (weeks 5-6)
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| Monday, 19 February |
What was going on in Cuba?
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US
State Dept. on Pre-1959 Cuba, on blackboard.
Castro, History Will Absolve Me, on blackboard. |
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| Wednesday, 21 February |
How
did it Happen?
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Review
Wright, pp. 1-38.
Accounts of the Revolution, e-reserve.
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| Friday, 23 February |
Why
Castro?
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Fidel Movie, on reserve in the Listening Room.
Wickham-Crowley, pp. 19-29. |
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6 |
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| Monday,
26 February |
What
happened to the Revolution?
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Death
of Bureaucrat, just in the library.
Guantanamera, on reserve in AV center and Lib. |
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| Wednesday, 28 February |
What was the Impact of the Revolution?
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Review
Wright, pp. 57-92.
Utopia Unarmed, 51-89. |
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| Thursday, 1 March |
Paper Bibliographies are due.
Remember to include a title page. |
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| Friday,
2 March |
Why did the Revolution have this Impact?
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Wickham-Crowley,
pp. 30-48.
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Case 3. The
First Wave (weeks 7-8)
| Week 7 |
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| Monday, 5 March |
Why the First Wave?
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Wickham-Crowley,
3-18, 51-91.
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| Wednesday, 7 March |
So why didn't they succeed? Part I
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Wickham-Crowley,
92-154. |
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| Friday, 9 March |
So why didn't they succeed? Part II
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Wickham-Crowley,
154-208. |
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8 |
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| Monday, 12 March |
What
did they Say they Were Doing?
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Ideologues
of the First Wave, e-reserve.
And
here.
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| Wednesday, 14 March |
What
did they do?
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Four
Days in September. |
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| Thursday, 15 March |
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| Friday, 16 March |
What
have you learned so far?
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MIDTERM |
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Spring Break,
17 March to 1 April
Case 4. Popular
Unity in Chile (weeks 9-10)
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9 |
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| Monday, 2 April |
Why Popular Unity?
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Background
on Chile's Disintegration, e-reserve.
Review Wright, pp. 129-148. |
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| Wednesday, 4 April |
What
did the UP Want?
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Allende
Reader, pp. 35-51, 257-285. |
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| Friday, 6 April |
What
did the UP Try to Do?
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Allende
Reader, pp. 52-85, 89-115. |
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| Week
10 |
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| Monday, 9 April |
How
did things go? |
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Allende
Reader, pp. 116-155, 176-199. |
| Wednesday, 11 April |
What
happened? |
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Allende Reader, pp. 200-241. |
| Thursday, 12 April |
Argument Summaries |
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| Friday, 13 April |
How does Chile fit in to the bigger picture? |
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See
Machuca. On reserve. |
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Case 5. The
Second Wave (weeks 11-12)
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| Monday, 16 April |
So
if the Democratic Path is Closed ...?
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Utopia
Unarmed, pp. 90-128.
Review Wright, 165-185. |
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| Wednesday, 18 April |
How
was the Second Wave Different?
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Wickham-Crowley,
209-230. |
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| Friday, 20 April |
What
explains the Second Wave?
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Wickham-Crowley,
230-262. |
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| Monday, 23 April |
What is Wickham-Crowley's Theory?
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Wickham-Crowley,
263-327. |
| Wednesday, 25 April |
What happened in El Salvador?
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The
Truth of El Mazote, e-reserve. |
| Thursday, 26 April |
Introductions are Due. Remember to include a title page and your
previous stages.
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| Friday, 27 April |
What happened in Nicaragua?
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Americas
Video. |
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Conclusion.
After the Fall of Socialism (weeks 13-14)
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| Monday, 30 April |
How did the Left Change?
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Utopia,
129-174. |
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| Wednesday, 2 May |
How should the Left Change?
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Utopia
Unarmed, 267-326. |
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| Friday, 4 May |
Why have a Left Today?
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Utopia
Unarmed, 391-426. |
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| Week 14 |
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| Monday, 7 May |
What Form Has the left Taken? Part I
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First
and Fourth Declarations..., e-reserve.
The EZLN, e-reserve. |
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| Wednesday, 9 May |
What Form
Has the left Taken? Part II
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The
Bolivarian Revolution, e-reserves.
The Turn
to the Left, blackboard.
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| Friday, 11 May |
Conclusion
and Review
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| Friday,
18 May |
Final Exam is at 9 am. Final Draft is Due. Remember to
include a title page and all your previous drafts.
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