LLAS 151 Modern Latin America
This course offers a survey of postcolonial Latin America as a process of cultural transformation, political struggle, and economic change. We will explore the complex challenges of colonial legacies posed to emerging nation-states in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and seek a balance between engaging particular histories and larger processes common to the region. The first section of the course introduces themes of the nineteenth century: colonial heritage and the different routes taken to political independence; the political, economic, and social challenges of independence in a multi-cultural context; citizenship and race and the development of export agriculture. The second section introduces themes of the twentieth century: industrialization, revolution, U.S.-Latin American relations, and select intellectual trends. Students will use a variety of sources including scholarly works, films, and primary sources to engage these topics and issues.
Cross Listed Courses
HIST 151