Introduction to Latin America

Topics

1. Introduction to Central and South America
2. Early Civilizations: Inca, Maya, Olmec, Aztec, Chavia, Moche, Nazca, Adena, Anasazi
3. Arrival of Europeans
4. Arrival of the Spanish
5. Spanish and Portuguese Colonization
6. Spanish Empire
7. Social Classes
8. Role of the Church
9. Slavery in Latin America
10. End of the Spanish Empire
11. Reform, Crisis. and Independence
12. Independence in Latin America
13. Independence in Brazil
14. Liberation Of Latin America

Readings

E.B. Burns, Latin America: A Concise Interpretive History preface, pp. 2-25, 30-58, 68-78, 81-83, 335 341

Edwin Williamson, The Penguin History of Latin America, pp. 37-54, 195-205, 217-218, 221-224, 231-232

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