HIS5140 NATIVES AND NEWCOMERS IN LATIN AMERICA
This course will analyze some of the first contacts between Europeans and the indigenous peoples in the area today known as Latin America. It will examine the interests and the emotions as well as the material and cultural exchanges that were involved in these encounters, and also the violence and upheaval that characterized the process virtually from its beginnings. It will also consider the symbols and archetypes of these first encounters, which have influenced Latin American culture down to the present. Course material will mainly include historical documents produced during this period.