SPAN 309- The History & Politics of Latin America
Description: "Surveys Latin American history focusing on the development of political and social structures since the independence movements of the 19th century. Emphasizes Latin phenomenon as caudillismo, indigenismo, the Church and liberation theology, and the revolutionary movements in the 20th century."
Through this course I fulfilled my secondary cultural courses requirements by becoming much more familiar with the historical and political backgrounds of Latin American, especially its relationships with other big players on the global-world stage such as the United States of America and China.
One of the key aspects of this course was to take an in-depth look at the socio-political aspects of past and present Latin America and how the atmosphere and the circumstances present during these differing times we largely sculpted by nations outside of the Latin American countries. In this section of the course, each student was assigned a particular country to focus on for the sake of writing a fairly thorough research paper, the topic of which was largely left up to us students as long as it could relate back to the historical and political themes of the course. I decided to take an in-depth look at the history behind Cuba, especially in regards to the historical background of the less than cordial relationships between the United States and this nation. I did so by outlining the different historical narratives that were being outlined during this period by presenting the narrative being framed according to U.S. government documents as well as resources that presented the narrative how it was seen from the a pro-Cuban perspective.
I found the content of this course very helpful for broadening my own historical knowledge of the conditions in which Latin American has found itself in for the last few centuries, as well as helpful in the sense of developing very thorough, objective research habits for when looking at the framing of political entrenched societal conditions.
Description: "Surveys Latin American history focusing on the development of political and social structures since the independence movements of the 19th century. Emphasizes Latin phenomenon as caudillismo, indigenismo, the Church and liberation theology, and the revolutionary movements in the 20th century."
Through this course I fulfilled my secondary cultural courses requirements by becoming much more familiar with the historical and political backgrounds of Latin American, especially its relationships with other big players on the global-world stage such as the United States of America and China.
One of the key aspects of this course was to take an in-depth look at the socio-political aspects of past and present Latin America and how the atmosphere and the circumstances present during these differing times we largely sculpted by nations outside of the Latin American countries. In this section of the course, each student was assigned a particular country to focus on for the sake of writing a fairly thorough research paper, the topic of which was largely left up to us students as long as it could relate back to the historical and political themes of the course. I decided to take an in-depth look at the history behind Cuba, especially in regards to the historical background of the less than cordial relationships between the United States and this nation. I did so by outlining the different historical narratives that were being outlined during this period by presenting the narrative being framed according to U.S. government documents as well as resources that presented the narrative how it was seen from the a pro-Cuban perspective.
I found the content of this course very helpful for broadening my own historical knowledge of the conditions in which Latin American has found itself in for the last few centuries, as well as helpful in the sense of developing very thorough, objective research habits for when looking at the framing of political entrenched societal conditions.