HISTORY 381- LATIN AMERICA II: FROM COLONIALISM TO NEOCOLONIALISM, 1750-1900

History 381 is the second part of a three-quarter survey of Latin American history. This term we will focus on the pivotal late colonial era and the origins, nature, and long-range consequences of political independence for the emerging nations of Latin America and their inhabitants. Books assigned in the course will be available at Mother Kali's, on 13th. These required books are:

William H. Beezley, Judas at the Jockey Club and other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico
E. Bradford Burns, The Poverty of Progress
Richard Graham, Independence in Latin America: A Comparative Approach
June E. Hahner, ed., Women through Women's Eyes: Latin American Women in Nineteenth-Century Travel Accounts

I have placed copies of all of these books on reserve in the Knight Library. There are several other books that are recommended, though not required, for HIST 381. Copies of these books can also be found on reserve in the Knight Library. The Human Tradition in Latin America: The Nineteenth Century, though no longer in print, remains an extremely useful resource because it contains the biographies of various kinds of people living in nineteenth-century Latin America. The course calendar lists the appropriate sections of this book under "recommended reading." Finally, students who took HIST 380 this year will benefit from some of the information found in the last chapters of Colonial Latin America and Colonial Lives, which are also on reserve in the library. You will find recommended readings from these books keyed into the course calendar, as well.

WRITTEN WORK

There will be one in-class midterm exam and one take-home final exam. The midterm will cover all course material dealing with the late colonial and independence periods. It will be worth 35% of the overall course grade. The midterm will be given in class on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3. The take-home final will center on a discussion of "The Poverty of Progress," especially as this concept applies to the majority of Latin Americans who lived during the nineteenth century. The final exam will be worth 35% of the overall course grade. The final exam is due in my office, 355 McKenzie Hall, by 5:00 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17. Study guides and other details related to both of these exams will be distributed at the appropriate time.

There is one brief paper assignment this term. The paper will center on the analysis of the cultural tensions inherent in "modernizing" nineteenth-century Latin America. The centerpiece of this paper will be Judas at the Jockey Club, which you will note is one of the books required for our course. Detailed instructions will be distributed at the appropriate time during the term. This paper is worth 30% of your course grade. It is due in class on TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24.

GRADING

Each component of the overall course grade will be given a possible 0-100 points: 93-100 = A; 90-92 = A-; 87-89 = B+; 83-86 = B; 80-82 = B-; 77-79 = C+; 73-76 = C; 70-72 = C-; 67-69 = D+; 63-66 = D; 60-62 = D-; 0-59 = F.

Remember that some points are better than none. A 55, for example, is far superior to a 0 (points obtained for absolutely no effort) and will average in with higher scores, possibly allowing a student to pass the course. Students missing the midterm, paper, an/or failing to complete the final exam will fail the course. Late work is subject to the following fines: Three (3) points will be deducted for midterms and papers received after class on the due date. Three points will also be deducted from papers from students who turn them in at the beginning of class period, but who do not stay for the class meeting. Five (5) points will be deducted for every subsequent day these assignments are late. The GTFs and I will not write comments on late papers. So get your work in on time! The following is a summary of the percentages of the course grade:

Midterm = 35%
Paper = 30%
Final = 35%
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100%

COURSE CALENDAR

JANUARY
T 6 Introduction

TH 8 The Changing Socio-political Landscape in Late-Colonial Spanish America
Reading: Independence in Latin America, 1-36.
[Recommended Reading: Colonial Latin America, Chapter 7; Colonial Lives, Chapters 15-22.]

T 13 The Late Colonial Fringes
Reading: Independence in Latin America, 37-60.
[Recommended Reading: Struggle and Survival, Chapters 5 & 6.]

TH 15 The California Mission Frontier

T 20 The Independence Movements: Were they Revolutions?
Reading: Independence in Latin America, 61-103.
[Recommended Reading: Human Tradition, 1-58; Colonial Lives, Chapter 23.]

TH 22 The Independence Movements, cont.
Reading: Independence in Latin America, 107-128.

T 27 The Independence Movements, cont.: Brazil's Unique "Struggle"
Reading: Independence in Latin America, 103-106, 128-135.

TH 29 DISCUSSION

FEBRUARY
T 3 MIDTERM EXAM

TH 5 Liberals, Conservatives, and Chaos
Reading: Independence in Latin America, 136-157; Women through Women's Eyes, xi-20.
[Recommended Reading: Human Tradition, 128-160, 204-214.]

T 10 Economic Independence or Neocolonialism?
Reading: Women through Women's Eyes, 21-41; Poverty of Progress, 5-85; begin Judas at the Jockey Club.
[Recommended Reading: Human Tradition, 189-203, 249-279.]

TH 12 Society and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Reading: Women through Women's Eyes, 43-80; continue Judas at the Jockey Club.
[Recommended Reading: Human Tradition, 161-174.]

T 17 Society and Culture in the Nineteenth Century, cont.
Reading: Women through Women's Eyes, 103-155, 163-168; continue Judas at the Jockey Club
[Recommended Reading: Human Tradition, 59-67, 73-81, , 233-248.]

TH 19 DISCUSSION

T 24 War and Crime in the Nineteenth Century
[Recommended Reading: Human Tradition, 103-113.]
JUDAS AT THE JOCKEY CLUB PAPER DUE IN CLASS

TH 26 Caudillos, the "Lower Orders," and Popular Protest
Reading: Women through Women's Eyes, 81-101, 157-162; Poverty of Progress, 86-131.
[Recommended Reading: Human Tradition 82-102, 114-127, 175-186.]

MARCH
T 2 Caudillos, the "Lower Orders," and Popular Protest, cont.
[Recommended Reading: Human Tradition, 215-232, 280-295.]


TH 4 The Poverty of Progress: Foreign Military Intervention
Reading: Poverty of Progress, 132-154.

T 9 The Poverty of Progress: Foreign Military Intervention, cont.

TH 11 DISCUSSION AND FINAL REVIEW

W 17 FINAL EXAM DUE IN MY OFFICE, 355 MCKENZIE HALL, BY 5:00 P.M.

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