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Lecturer Regina [email protected]: King Center room 509Office hours: Mon/Wed 3:00-4:00, after class
with notice, other times by appointment.
Class RequirementsAttendance: 10%Midterm Exam: 25%Final Exam: 25% Policy Papers: 40% (10% each, 4 papers)Required Textbook: Chasteen, John Charles.
Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America (New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001).
Do the countries that make up Latin America have enough in common for
us to talk about the region as a cohesive entity?
What Is "Latin America"?
GeographyPhysical
continuityGeographic
diversity
Geography explains very little about Latin America.
People and CultureLanguages
European: Spanish, Portuguese, French/Creole, English
IndigenousEthnicity
EuropeanMixed Race: Mestizo, Mulatto, etcBlack, Afro-BrazilianAmerindian
CustomsPatterns of social hierarchy, or
dominationPatronismo, Patriarchy, Class, Race
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People and CultureReligion
Roman CatholicProtestantSanteria, etc.IndigenousMixed
PoliticsIdeology
NationalismMarxism, etc.Liberation TheologyLiberalism
Political StructureAuthoritarianism and the militaryPopulismSocialismDemocracy
Economic StructureColonial ExploitationExport-Oriented GrowthImport-Substitution IndustrializationCommunismLiberalismSocialism
ConclusionsLatin America experienced history in
“waves” that tended to impact the region as a whole or in close succession.
Why “Politics and Markets”? The two aspects are inextricably linked such that in trying to explain one you must inevitably involve the other.
