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Introduction
and Overview (week 1)
| Monday,
19 January |
How
was Latin America colonized and how did it become independent? |
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Chasteen,
Born in Blood and Fire, pp. 15-57. |
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| Wednesday,
21 January |
What
are the contours of Latin America's 19th Century? |
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Chasteen,
Born in Blood and Fire, pp. 59-147. |
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| Friday,
23 January |
What
are the contours of Latin America's 20th Century? |
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Chasteen,
Born in Blood and Fire, pp. 149-246. |
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Section
1. Independence in Latin America (weeks 2-4)
| Monday,
26 January |
How
did the Independence Process Start?
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Chasteen,
Born in Blood and Fire, pp. 249-329. |
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| Wednesday,
28 January |
What
was the scene?
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Chasteen,
Americanos, 1-34. |
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| Friday,
30 January |
How
did the Independence Process Start?
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Chasteen,
Americanos, 35-94. |
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Week 3
| Monday,
2 February |
How
did the rebels pull it off? |
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Chasteen, Americanos,
95-158. |
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| Wednesday,
4 February |
A
Different Take on Independence. |
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Andrews, On
JStor. |
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| Friday,
6 February |
Why
does the manner of Independence Matter? I |
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Lasso, Print
off the pdf version. |
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Section
2. Building New Nations (weeks 4-5)
| Week 4 |
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| Monday,
9 February |
Why
does the manner of Independence Matter? II |
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Chasteen,
Americanos, 159-188. |
| Monday,
9 February |
Paper
Topics are Due. |
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| Wednesday,
11 February |
Why
Didn't Liberals Create an Effective Republic? I |
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Colombian
Liberals vs. Conservatives, on
Blackboard. |
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| Friday,
13 February |
Why
Didn't Liberals Create an Effective Republic? II |
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Argentine
Federales vs. Unitarios, on
Blackboard. |
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| Week
5 |
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| Monday,
16 February |
Now,
with more detail: The Mexican Case.
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Map
Quiz
Wasserman, 3-90. |
| Wednesday,
18 February |
Why
Didn't Liberals Create an Effective Republic? III
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Wikipedia,
The Holy Alliance.
Mexican Liberalism Documents, e-reserves. |
| Friday,
20 February |
How
did Mexico Recover?
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Wasserman,
pp. 93-157. |
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Section
3. Export Booms and Busts (weeks 6-7)
| Week
6 |
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| Monday,
23 February |
How
did Latin America dig itself out? |
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Reread
Chasteen, pp. 149-211.
Glade, on Blackboard. |
| Wednesday,
25 February |
How
did Mexico Boom? |
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Wasserman,
pp. 161-232. |
| Thursday,
26 February |
Paper
Bibliographies are due. Remember to include a title page.
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| Friday,
27 February |
A
Glance at the Cultural Transformation. |
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| Week
7 |
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| Monday,
2 March |
What
was the Downside? I |
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Burns, The
Poverty of Progress, pp. 1-85. |
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| Wednesday,
4 March |
What
was the Downside? II |
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Burns, The
Poverty of Progress, pp. 86-154. |
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| Friday,
6 March |
EXAM
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Section
4. National Development 1920-47 (weeks 8-9)
| Week
8 |
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| Monday,
9 March |
How
and Why did Latin America Change Direction? I
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Reread
Chasteeen, "Nationalism."
Rodo on wikipedia
& on Blackboard.
Da Cunha on wikipedia
& e-reserves. |
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| Wednesday,
11 March |
How
did thinking change in Brazil?
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Borges,
on JStor. |
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| Friday,
13 March |
How
did thinking change in Mexico?
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Knight
on Indigenismo, on e-reserves
Source
Assignment Due in Class. |
Spring
Break, 16 through 27 March
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| Week
9 |
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| Monday,
30 March |
Why
did Latin America Change Direction? II
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Kindleberger,
on e-reserves
Diaz-Alejandro, on e-reserves |
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| Wednesday,
1 April |
How
did things shift? What the numbers show
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Maddison, on
e-reserves
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| Friday,
3 April |
Wait!
What happened to all the Boom $$$?
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Barham &
Coomes , on JStor.
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Section
5. National Development 1947-1990 (weeks 10-11)
| Week
10 |
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| Monday,
6 April |
How
did the Cold War Change Things? Round 1.
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Bethell &
Roxborough, on JStor. |
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| Wednesday,
8 April |
In
this Context, how could Cuba go Communist?
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Wright, Latin
America in the era ..., pp. xi-38. |
| Thursday,
9 April |
Argument Summaries
are Due. |
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| Friday,
10 April |
What
was the impact?
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Wright, Latin
America in the era ..., pp. 39-109.
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| Week
11 |
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| Monday,
13 April |
What
was the impact of Cuban Revolution? |
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Reread
Chasteen, "Revolution."
Wright, Latin America in the era ..., pp. 111-147. |
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| Wednesday,
15 April |
How
did elites react? |
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Reread
Chasteen, "Reaction."
Wright, Latin America in the era ..., pp. 149-164. |
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| Friday,
17 April |
What
did the Reaction Look Like? Argentina |
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Children
of Cain, 77-141. |
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| Week
12 |
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| Monday,
20 April |
What did the Reaction Look Like? Salvador, Chile |
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Children
of Cain, 217-272, 331-388. |
| Wednesday,
22 April |
Peru |
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Children
of Cain, 143-215. |
| Friday,
24 April |
Introductions are Due. Remember to include a title page and your previous
stages. |
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Children
of Cain, 23-76. |
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Section
6. The Neo-Liberal Age, 1973-? (weeks 10-11)
| Week
13 |
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| Monday,
27 April |
Is
Nicaragua an exceptional case?
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Wright,
Latin America in the era ..., pp. 165-185.
Children of Cain, pp. 273-329. |
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| Wednesday,
29 April |
Why
did Latin America shift again?
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Reread
Chasteen, "Neoliberalism."
Roberts and Araujo, excerpt
on e-reserves. |
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| Friday,
1 May |
Has
Neo-Liberalism been a good thing?
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Winn,
excerpt
on e-reserve. |
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| Week
14 |
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| Monday,
4 May |
Neo-Liberalism
in Historical Perspective I
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Astorga,
Get
the PDF. |
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| Wednesday,
6 May |
Neo-Liberalism
in Historical Perspective II
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Reid,
on e-reserve. |
| Thursday,
7 May |
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,
8 May |
Conclusion and Review
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