Fall 2018  |  HIST 3401W Section 001: Early Latin America to 1825 (19870)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
4 Credits
Grading Basis:
A-F or Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Meets With:
LAS 3401W Section 001
HIST 3401V Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/04/2018 - 12/12/2018
Mon, Wed 09:05AM - 10:45AM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 130
Enrollment Status:
Open (24 of 45 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
Societies of Americas, Spain, and Portugal before contact. Interactions among Native Americans, African slaves, and Europeans, from colonization through independence. Religion, resistance, labor, gender, race. Primary sources, historical scholarship.
Class Notes:
http://classinfo.umn.edu/?chambers+HIST3401W+Fall2016
Class Description:
In 1519, Spaniard Hernan Cortes entered the dazzling capital city of the Mexica (Aztec) empire; what happened next depends upon whose versions of events you read. European accounts emphasize his daring capture of emperor Moctezuma and his rapid domination of central Mexico by the use of his wits and superior technology. Native accounts reveal that the capture of Moctezuma backfired, leading to a lengthy and heroic defense of the island city. Regardless of the telling, such encounters and struggles set the stage for European rule of the Americas for the next three centuries. This course begins with pre-contact Native American societies, but primarily explores the historical processes of colonialism in Latin America (especially Mexico, Brazil and Peru) between 1492 and 1825. We will study both the economic,religious, and administrative systems put in place by the Europeans, and the varied responses of indigenous peasants, African slaves, racially-mixed town dwellers, and women. We will learn to analyze primary documents from the period (such as the competing accounts of the conquest of Mexico) and read life stories as well as historical narratives. Class periods will include a mix of lecture, discussion and writing instruction.
Grading:
20% Final Exam
50% Reports/Papers
15% Quizzes
15% Class Participation
Exam Format:
i.d. terms and short essays
Class Format:
65% Lecture
35% Discussion
.
Workload:
100 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Exam(s)
3 Paper(s)
5 Quiz(zes)
Other Workload: 5 quizzes of which lowest score dropped
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/19870/1189
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
9 May 2018

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