Listed in: History, as HIST-264
Russell Lohse (Section 01)
[LAP] Over the course of three centuries, massive migrations from Europe and Africa and the dramatic decline of indigenous populations in South and Central America radically transformed the cultural, political, economic, and material landscape of what we today know as Latin America. This class will investigate the dynamism of Latin American societies beginning in the ancient or pre-conquest period and ending with the collapse of European rule in most Spanish, Portuguese, and French speaking territories in the New World. We will explore this history through the eyes of various historical actors, including politicians, explorers, noble men and women, indigenous intellectuals, and African slaves. In addition to interrogating the myriad of peaceable and creative cross-cultural exchanges and interactions that characterized the relationship between these groups, we will also explore how conflict, exploitation, and natural disaster shaped the Colonial Latin American experience. Through a mixture of lecture, small and large group activities, and analysis of primary and secondary sources we will also consider how historians understand the past as well as the foundational debates which shape our current interpretations of colonial Latin American history. Two class meetings per week.
Fall semester. Visiting Professor Lohse.
Section 01
Tu 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CHAP 204
Th 10:00 AM - 11:20 AM CHAP 204
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambivalent Conquests: Maya and Spaniard in Colonial Yucatan | Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2003 | Clendinnen, Inga | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Family and Frontier in Colonial Brazil: Santana de Parnaíba, 1580-1822 | U of Texas Press | Metcalf, Alida C. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Colonial Latin America: A Documentary History | Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 | Mills, Taylor, and Lauderdale Graham | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest: Huamanga to 1640 | Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994 | Stern, Steve | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Malintzin’s Choices: An Indian Woman in the Conquest of Mexico | U of New Mexico Press | Townsend, Camilla | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Chica da Silva: A Brazilian Slave of the Eighteenth Century | Cambridge UP | Furtado, Júnia Ferreira | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.