Lah 3132 Fall 2009

LAH 3132 - THE FORMATION OF LATIN AMERICA - Fall 2009 Tuesday and Thursday 11:00-12:15 Class meets in: GPA 119 Professor Noble David Cook [email protected] tel. 305-348-3966 DM 395 Office hours: T & Th 9:30-10:30, or by appointment An examination of Latin America in the colonial period, focusing on conquest, the struggle for justice, Indian relations, the landed estate, urban functions, family and gender, labor, and socioeconomic organization, from the 15th through 18th centuries. Week

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(Marshall C. Eakin chapter in text)

1. T 25 Aug Th 27

Introduction, Course Requirements, Geographical Determinants Origins, migrations, culture change 1

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2. T 01 Sept Th 03

Mesoamerica I Olmecs and Mayas Mesoamerica II Aztecs

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3. T 08 Th 10

Andean America I The Incas Iberian Backgrounds Paper assignment

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4. T 15 Th 17

Age of Reconnaissance, a la Parry Quiz 1 The Caribbean in the first generation

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5. T 22 Th 24

Columbus and the Caribbean, the first generation Conquest of the Aztec World

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6. T 29 Conquest of the Incas: Quiz 2 Restall Th 01 Oct The political superstructure of Empire

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Local government, theory and reality Colonial lives: marriage and the family

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8. T 13 Th 15

Rise and fall of the encomenderos Quiz 3 Cook & Cook The world of the traditional hacienda, forced labor to debt peonage

9. T 20 Th 22

The mining economy, boom and bust Portuguese Brazil

10. T 27 Plantation society in the Americas Quiz 4 Th 29 The spiritual conquest of the Americas

Ferreiro Furtado 9

11. T 03 Nov Inquisition and religious orthodoxy, life in the convent Th 05 Mestizaje

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Piracy and warfare over Empire Quiz 5 Poole

13. T 17 Reforms of the Spanish Bourbons Th 19 The “Enlightenment” in Latin America

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14. T 24 Uprisings of the eighteenth century: Walker Th 26 Thanksgiving Holiday

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15. T 01 Dec Coming of Independence Paper Due Th 03 Crosby - Columbian exchanges: Las Casas

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16. TTh 8-10

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Final Week of Semester, Modified Class Schedule Quiz 6

The purpose of this course is to provide students with a thorough understanding of the basic issues of colonial Latin American History through lectures coupled with discussion of readings. The stress may vary slightly from semester to semester. Here emphasis is given to the individual and society, as they relate collectively and discretely to the issues of conquest, Indian relations, the landed estate, urban functions, labor, religion, and socioeconomic organization. Lectures and readings will cover sequentially the first foundations, the religious subjugation, native society and resistance, marriage and family, the plantation complex and the institution of slavery, and Bourbon life and culture. The lectures and readings will cover sequentially the first foundations (Amerindian, Iberian, African), the nature and process of conquest and settlement (Restall), the nature and meaning of the Black Legend (Las Casas), colonial society and the nature of the economy (Cook & Cook), women, slavery and Brazil (Ferreiro Furtado), the impact of Christianity on the popular mind (Poole), Ecological disasters and Reform (Walker). Requirements: Students will be assessed on the basis six quizzes (30 minutes, 12% each), and one 8 page analysis (25 %), and a map quiz (3%) - the specific assignment will be made on 15 September. Regular classroom participation is expected, and will count in the final course grade, in a borderline situation. Any student with a question involving attendance and discussion should consult the instructor at the beginning of the semester. Plagiarsim: Read the Student Manual for University Guidelines. Guidelines are enforced. Note the below FIU statement regarding academic misconduct: Florida International University is a community dedicated to generating and imparting knowledge through excellent teaching and research, the rigorous and respectful exchange of ideas, and community service. All students should respect the right of others to have an equitable opportunity to learn and honestly demonstrate the quality of their learning. Therefore, all students are expected to adhere to a standard of academic conduct, which demonstrates respect for themselves, their fellow students, and the educational mission of the University. All students are deemed by the University to understand that if they are found responsible for academic misconduct, they will be subject to the Academic Misconduct procedures and sanctions, as outlined in the Student Handbook. REQUIRED TEXTS: Marshall C. Eakin, The History of Latin America: Collision of Cultures. Palgrave Macmillan, Trade Paperback, 2007. ISBN: 978-1-4039-8081-6 $19.95 list.

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Matthew Restall, Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. paperback ISBN 0195176111 Bartolomé de las Casas, Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Related Texts. Edited by Franklin Knight, Hackett Publishing Company, 2003. paperback ISBN 0872206254 Noble David Cook with Alexandra Parma Cook, People of the Volcano: Andean Counterpoint in the Colca Valley. Durham: Duke University Press, 2007. paperback ISBN 13: 9780822339717 Charles F. Walker, Shaky Colonialism: The 1746 Earthquake – Tsunami in Lima, Peru, and its Long Aftermath. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008. ISBN 13: 9780822341895 Stafford Poole, Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Origins and Sources of a Mexican National Symbol, 1531-1797. Tucson: University of Arizona, 1995. ISBN-13: 9780816516230 Júnia Ferreiro Furtado, Chica da Silva: a Brazilian Slave Woman of the Eighteenth Century. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 13: 9780521711555 THERE MAY BE REGULAR SHORT READINGS RELATING TO THE LECTURE TOPICS THAT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED FOR ANALYSIS DURING THE PREVIOUS MEETING. QUIZES WILL BE BASED ON THESE AS WELL AS LECTURES, ASSIGNED BOOKS, AND CLASS DISCUSSION.

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