Photos above include, from the left: President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela, before a digitized recreation of the face of Simon Bolivar; from Chile, Senate president Isabel Allende, daughter of former president Salvador Allende, attending inauguration of president Michelle Bachelet (2014); from Mexico, oil painting by Francisco P. Miranda of the Battle of Puebla, May 5, 1862, depicting Mexican defeat of invading French forces.
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During Spring 2018, I will be teaching online the course which covers the history of Latin America since the beginnings of the independence movements to the present.
Class # 32581 Online. 16 weeks. January 28 – May 25.
2018 History 151 Syllabus PDF
Course Subject Matter
A survey of the republics of Latin America since independence that concentrates on the political evolution of these nations and the social and economic institutions that characterize the region. Includes treatment of the Empire of Brazil.
Special attention will be given to the contrast between the urban and rural cultures and economies, as well as the political and economic relations of the region with the world and the United States in particular.
Important features of this online course:
- Student participation in course discussion boards.
- Flexible scheduling of course assignments.
- Documentary and feature films on various topics from Latin American history integrated into course assignments within the course Canvas site.
- Films include:
- Venezuela – The Liberator
- Brazil – Canudos
- Argentina/USA – Way of a Gaucho
- Peru – Paloma de Papel
- Cuba/USA – Che
- Mexico/USA – The Storm That Swept Mexico. On the Mexican Revolution; below.
- Films include:
- Readings include a historical novel by the Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa.
- Assessment by short essays, film and book reports. No online testing.
- Special Study topics.
- Students have the option of designing their own course assignment to cover a topic of special interest.
Course Books
Required
Novels
Mariano Azuela. Pellon translation. The Underdogs.
Eduardo Gutierrez. Chasteen translation. The Gaucho Juan Moreira.
Mario Vargas Llosa. Death in the Andes: A Novel.
Recommended
Marshall Eakin. The History of Latin America: Collision of Cultures.
Richard Gott. Hugo Chavez and the Bolivarian Revolution. 2nd ed.
Greg Grandin. Fordlandia.
John Perkins. The New Confessions of an Economic Hitman. 2nd ed.
This Course and Transfer Requirements
This course, as well as History 150, fulfills the following requirements:
- Palomar College Multicultural course requirement
- Palomar College GE requirement
- Area D: Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement
- CSU General Education Requirements
- Area C2. Humanities.
- Area D. Social Sciences.
- IGETC: UC and CSU General Education Requirements
- Area 3B. Humanities.
- Area 4. Social and Behavioral Sciences.
This course, and History 150, is particularly relevant for students considering the fields of:
- Spanish and Portuguese language study.
- Teaching World History and History of the Americas.
- Anthropology and/or archaeology.
- Study of any of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas
- International Business.
- International Economics.
- International Law.
- Diplomatic careers and careers with Non-Governmental Organizations such as the Red Cross.
- Traveling to or living in Latin America.
