Course Learning Objectives

  1. Students will understand how different indigenous, African, and European peoples contributed to the construction of early Latin American society.
  2. You will assess the degree to which different societies affected one another by analyzing such factors as race, social class, and gender. 
  3. You will also evaluate how institutional policies have affected the history of each nation and analyze to what degree a nation's population is or is not homogenous.
  4. You will examine the varied social, economic and political relationships Latin American countries have sustained with the U.S.
  5. Lastly, you will be encouraged to compare and contrast your life with those of early Latin Americans.

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Textbook Information

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Latin America in Colonial Times
by Matthew Restall & Kris Lane
Cambridge University Press
2nd edition, 2018
ISBN: 978-110-841-640-5
The Adobe eBook version is a great option!
​ISBN: 978-110-827-099-1

Fall 2021 Syllabus - starts 10/18

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