Lah 3132 Spring 2009

LAH 3132(U01) - THE FORMATION OF LATIN AMERICA - Spring 2009 Professor Noble David Cook [email protected] tel. 305-348-3966 DM 395 Office hours: T, Th 11:00-12:00, or by appointment Tuesday and Thursday 12:30-1:45

Class meets in: GPA 121

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

Theme

Readings (Burkholder & Johnson chapter in text)

1. T 6 Jan Introduction, Course Requirements, Geographical Determinants Th 8 Origins, migrations, culture change

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2. T 13 Th 15

Mesoamerica I Olmecs and Mayas Mesoamerica II Aztecs

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3. T 20 Th 22

Andean America I The Incas Iberian Backgrounds Paper assignment

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4. T 27 Th 29

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

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5. T 3 Feb Th 5

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

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6. T 10 Th 12

Conquest of the Incas: Quiz 2 Restall The political superstructure of Empire

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7. T 17 Th 19

Local government, theory and reality The struggle for justice and the Black Legend

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8. T 24 Th 26

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Rise and fall of the encomenderos Quiz 3 Las Casas The world of the traditional hacienda, forced labor to debt peonage 4

9. T 3 March Colonial lives: society, marriage and the family Th 5 The mining economy: boom and bust 10. T 10 Plantation society in the Americas Quiz 4 Cook & Cook Th 12 The spiritual conquest of the Americas

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SPRING BREAK 16-21 March 11. T 24 Inquisition and religious orthodoxy, life in the convent 1

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Th 26

Borders: Florida, northern Mexico, Chile and Paraguay

12. T 31 Women and the Inquisition Th 2 April Crosby - Columbian exchanges 13. T 7 Th 9

Paper due Piracy and warfare over Empire Bourbon Reforms

14. T 14 Uprisings of the eighteenth century Th 16 Coming of Independence extra quiz? 15. 20-25

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Quiz 5 Few 9 9 10 10

Final Week of Semester, Paper & Grades returned

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 the Inquisition in the alter colonial period (Few). Requirements: Students will be assessed on the basis five quizzes (30 minutes, 15% each), and one 8 page analysis (25 %) - the specific assignment will be made on 22 January. 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. Statement on academic honesty: Students are urged to cooperate with each other, in study groups. They are also encouraged to use the web to search for sources and new information. But the study work that is turned in should be the sole work of that student. Any source that is incorporated into the written work must be properly cited. Any sequence of six words in the same order as appearing in the original source must be within quotation marks [“text of quotation“], and the source must be properly cited. This obviously includes any internet source as well as any source published in the traditional print format. Failure to do so constitutes plagiarism, and will be dealt with according to the guidelines of the FIU Student Student Manual for University Guidelines Handbook. You must read that Handbook to avoid unpleasantness and potential loss of the semester’s work, or suspension from the University, or more.

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REQUIRED TEXTS: (all were used last semester, and inexpensive used copies should be readily available) Mark A. Burkholder and Lyman L. Johnson, Colonial Latin America. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. Students may use 4th-6th editions. paperback ISBN 0195156850 Matthew Restall, Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. paperback ISBN 0195176111 Alexandra Parma Cook and Noble David Cook, Good Faith and Truthful Ignorance. A Case of Transatlantic Bigamy. Durham: Duke University Press, 1992. paperback ISBN 0822312220 Martha Few, Women Who Live Evil Lives: Gender, Religion, and the Politics of Power in Colonial Guatemala, 1650-1750 (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002). Paperback ISBN-10: 0292725493 ISBN-13: 978-0292725492 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 PAPER ASSIGNMENT: Due in class on April 7, 2009 Based on ALL the readings of the semester, write a critical essay (8 pages, or 2,400-3,200 words) about one of the following: 1. The nature and changing role of women in the colonial period, in which you discuss how class and caste influenced societal expectations and the condition of women. 2. The “Black Legend,” its formation, nature, and lasting influence on the view of the Spanish treatment of Amerindians and the religious heterodox. 3. The attempt by the Church and Crown to establish and maintain order and stability in society, and its relation to the longevity of the Spanish Empire in America. You may use other sources to enhance your analysis. All sources, the books for class and any other, must be corrected cited.

Study essay questions for quiz 1. a. What are the principal achievements of the native peoples of the Americas in terms of the domestication of plants and animals.

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b. What are the principal characteristics and achievements of the Maya? c. What are the principal characteristics and achievements of the Aztec? d. What are the principal characteristics and achievements of the Inca? e. Discuss the impact of the Spain’s “reconquista” on the first “conquistadores” of the New World.

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