J. Pablo Silva  
Spring Semester 2007
History 329. The United States and Latin America

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Syllabus

Week 2: January 29
Week 3: February 5
Week 4: February 12
Week 5: February 19
Week 6: February 26
Week 7: March 5
Week 8: March 12
Week 9: April 2
Week 10: April 9
Week 11: April 16
Week 12: April 23
Week 13: April 30
Week 14: May 7

Required Texts

Assignments

Research Paper

Grading

 

 

Section 1.
Common Readings (weeks 1-7)
Tuesday, 23 January
Beginning with Beginnings.
  Beneath the United States, preface.
   
Thursday, 25 January
Why did the US start intervening?
  Beneath the United States, pp. 176-219.

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Tuesday, 30 January
Why did the US find it hard to civilize?
  Beneath the United States, pp. 220-315.
   
Thursday, 1 February
How have things Changed?
  Beneath the United States, pp. 316-348, 367-386.

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Week 3
Tuesday, 6 February
What's good about intervention?
  Boot, preface, 129-204.
   
Thursday, 8 February
Can intervetion be positive?
  Boot, 231-252, 336-52.
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Week 4  
Tuesday, 13 February
What's bad about intervention?
  Kinzer, 1-6, 31-77, 98-108, 129-147, 170-199.
   
Thursday, 15 February
Is intervention a bad idea?
  Kinzer, 203-07, 210-16, 219-59, 315-322.

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Week 5  
Tuesday, 20 February
What About the Mexican Case?
  US-Mexican Relations, e-reserve.
Langley, Banana Wars, 77-114, on regular reserve.
Spenser, e-reserve.
Thursday, 22 February
What are the different perspectives on Mexico?
 

Hart, e-reserve.

Friday, 23 February
Paper Topics are Due.
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Week 6  
Tuesday, 27 February
Why intervene in Haiti?
  Healy, e-reserve.
Langley, Banana Wars, 117-148, on regular reserve.
Plummer, e-reserve.
   
Thursday, 1 March
What good did it do?
  Renda, e-reserve.
Renda, on JStor.
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Week 7  
Tuesday, 6 March
The Case of Nicaragua.
 
Macaulay, e-reserve.
Langley, Banana Wars, 48-61, 219-241 on regular reserve.
   
Thursday, 8 March
How has historical thinking changed?
  Gobat, e-reserve.

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Section 2. Research Projects (weeks 8-14)
Week 8  
Tuesday, 13 March
No Class Discussion this Week.
 

We will meet Tuesday to assign presentation dates. Otherwise, work on your Primary Source Analysis.

   
Friday, 15 March

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Spring Break, 17 March to 1 April

 

Week 9  
Tuesday, 3 April
  Half of you will present.
   
Thursday, 5 April
  The other half will present.

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Week 10  
Tuesday, 10 April
  Four of you.
Thursday, 12 April
  Another three.

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Week 11  
Tuesday, 17 April
  The last three.
   
Thursday, 19 April
  The first four.

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Week 12  
Tuesday, 24 April
  The second three.
Thursday, 26 April
 

The rest.

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Week 13  
Tuesday, 1 May
Draft Review
  Two of you. Before drafting your paper read pp. 185-221, 263-282 of The Craft of Research.
   
Thursday, 3 May
Draft Review
  Three more. Before drafting your paper read pp. 185-221, 263-282 of The Craft of Research.

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Week 14  
Tuesday, 8 May
Draft Review
  Three more . Before drafting your paper read pp. 185-221, 263-282 of The Craft of Research.
   
Thursday, 10 May
Draft Review
  The last of you. Before drafting your paper read pp. 185-221, 263-282 of The Craft of Research.
Thursday, 11 May
Final Draft Due Date

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