LAS 3850 Nineteenth Century Latin America: 1810-1910

This course examines the economic, social, political, and cultural processes and attempts to offer an interpretative synthesis of the intricate struggles around the definition of nationhood within the countries of the region. For this reason, most of the course focuses on the development of a sense of belonging to a nation among the conglomerate of peoples which made up the different countries in the nineteenth century. Particular attention is paid to the human dimension of these large social, economic, and political processes. We examine the history of conflict,accommodation, and resistance among the various ethnic and social groups that made up nineteenth-century society. Prerequisite(s): HIST 1010
Credits: 3.0