Listed in: History, as HIST-264 | Latinx and Latin Amer Studies, as LLAS-264
Mary E. Hicks (Section 01)
(Offered as HIST 264 [LAP] and LLAS 264) 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 course 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.
Spring semester. Professor Hicks.
Section 01
M 03:00 PM - 04:20 PM SCCE A013
W 03:00 PM - 04:20 PM SCCE A013
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest: Huamanga to 1640 | Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1994 | Stern, Steve | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest | Oxford Univ. Press, 2003 | Restall, Matthew | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Revolution in the Andes: The Age of Tupac Amaru | Duke Univ. Press, 2013 | Serulnikov, Sergio | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Tupac Amaru and Catarista Rebellions: An Anthology of Sources | Hackett Pub. Co., 2008 | Stavig, Ward and Ella Schmidt | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Hall of Mirrors: Power, Witchcraft, and Castle in Colonial Mexico | Duke Univ. Press, 2003 | Lewis, Laura | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.