12/7/2023 3:23:43 PM	HIST 8.2 Course Outline as of Spring 2003	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  HIST 8.2	Title:  HIST AMERICANS POST 1880
Full Title:  History of the Americas from 1880
Last Reviewed:1/28/2019

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		17.5 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Development of the Western Hemisphere from revolutionary origins to present time with emphasis on Latin America:  organizing the new nations; political, economic, social and cultural forces; international ties that bind the hemisphere together.  Special attention to contemporary Latin America.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Development of Latin America from revolutionary origins to present.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
Area:	D	Social and Behavioral Sciences
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	D	Social Science		Fall 2008
	D6	History
	D	Social Science		Fall 1981	Fall 2008
	D4	Gender Studies
	D5	Geography
	D6	History
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	4	Social and Behavioral Science		Fall 1981
	4F	History
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

1.  Relate lecture materials, audio-visual presentations and textual

   readings into a coherent base for study of history.

2.  Recognize that history is not dogma; that it is a process of

   interaction between factual sources and those who interpret them.

3.  Demonstrate critical thinking and analytical skills in a series

   of objective tests, written examinations and critical papers

   that probe Latin America's past.

4.  Apply historical learning to in-class discussions of past

   controversies and contemporary concerns.

5.  Integrate geographic knowledge with historical study--the human

   story moves through both time and space.

6.  Identify and employ atypical and non-traditional source materials

   such as fiction, music, cinema and sport to study Latin American

   popular culture.

7.  Examine the contributions of women, racial and ethnic minorities,

   and other under represented groups to the formulation of Latin

   American ideals and institutions.

8.  Question their own values and popular myths, as well as

   conventional historical analysis.

9.  Synthesize the ideas of past and current historians and (from this

   synthesis) develop their own means of addressing fundamental

   historical questions of causation and consequence.

10. Debate the claim that the heritage and institutions of Latin

   America are to some degree unique and explore the causational

   rationale that underwrites this alleged uniqueness.

11. Recognize that informational and interpretive knowledge of Latin

   American history can be programatically employed in everyday

   life as an individual and as a citizen.

Topics and Scope

I.    The Post Revolutionary Decades

     A.  The Aborted Social Revolution

     B.  The Failure of Liberalism

     C.  The Rise of Caudillos

     D.  Outside Global Impacts--Post-colonialism's Stunting Effects and

         the Burden of Global markets at Independence

II.   Latin America:  The Mid-Nineteenth Century

     A.  The Rise of Oligarchical Government

     B.  Contrast to Other Newly Independent Third World Nations-Then

         and Now

     C.  Initiation of Export-Import Growth, 1880-1900

     D.  Stability Achieved:  Expansion of Import-Export Growth,

         1900-1930

     E.  Neo-Colonialism:  Economic Dependence

III.  The Twentieth Century:  New Options or Old Traps?

     A.  The Breakdown of Oligarchy

     B.  New Ideologies:  Socialism and Communism

     C.  The New Revolutionaries:

         i.  Villa (Mexico)

         ii. Zapata (Mexico)

         iii.Cardenas (Mexico)

         iv. Castro (Cuba)

         v.  Guevara (Cuba)

         vi. Allende (Chile)

         vii.Ortega (Nicaragua)

     D.  Import-Substituting Industrialism, 1930s-1960s.

     E.  The Changing Role of the US in Latin America

         i.  Economic Approaches

         ii. Military Approaches

             a.  Guatemala

             b.  Cuba

             c.  El Salvador

             d.  Nicaragua

     F.  Stagnation in Import-Substituting Growth-1960s to 1990

     G.  The Rise of Modern Totalitarian Regimes

     H.  Women and Minority Interests in Society

     I.  The Growing Illegal Drug trade and Its Effects-1960 to 2002

         i.  Mexico

         ii. Columbia

     J.  The Effects of Globalization

IV.   A Framework for Comparison:  Emphasis on Five National Histories

     A.  Mexico

     B.  Cuba

     C.  El Salvador

     D.  Chile

     E.  Columbia

Assignments:

1.  Regular attendance and extensive notetaking in class is expected

   and assumed.

2.  Read and study 1 -2 chapters per week in text and anthologies.

3.  Reaction, analytical, or research papers which will show topics

   covered and critical comparison.

4.  Participate in discussions as directed by the instructor.

5.  Prepare for scheduled quizzes and essay exams.

6.  Prepare for extensive in-class mid-term and final essay examinations.

7.  Written homework as directed by the instructor.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 20 - 40%
Reading reports, Reaction, analytical, or research papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 30 - 60%
Multiple choice, Quizzes, Essay Exams
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 30%
Attendance & Participation

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Blackburn, Robin.  THE OVERTHROW OF COLONIAL SLAVERY:  1776-1848.

  New York:  Verso, 1988.

Boyer, Richard, Geoffrey Spurling,eds. COLONIAL LIVES:  DOCUMENTS ON LATIN

  AMERICAN HISTORY, 1550-1850.  New York:  Oxford University Press, 2000.

Collier, Simon.  THE CAMBRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LATIN AMERICA AND

  CARIBBEAN.  New York:  Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Deere, Carmen Diana,et.al.  EMPOWERING WOMEN:  LAND AND PROPERTY RIGHTS

  IN LATIN AMERICA. Pittsburgh, PA:  University of Pittsburgh Press,

  2001.

Dunkerley, James. POWER IN THE ISTHMUS:  A POLITICAL HISTORY OF MODERN

  CENTRAL AMERICA. New York:  Verso, 1998.

Guy, Donna, and Thomas Sheridan, eds. CONTESTED GROUND:  COMPARATIVE

  FRONTIERS ON THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN EDGES OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE.

  Tuscon, AZ:  University of Arizona Press, 1998.

Holdlen, Robert, and Eric Zolov, eds. LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES:

  A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY. New York:  Oxford University Press, 2000.

Knight, Alan. "The Peculiarities of Mexican History:  Mexico Compared to

  Latin America, 1821-1992."  JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES

  Quincentenary Supplement (1992):  99-144.

Martinez-Alier, Joan.  "Ecology and the Poor:  A Neglected Dimension of

  Latin American History." JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES 23

  October 1991) 621-639.

Skidmore, Thomas.  TELEVISION, POLITICS, AND THE TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY

  IN LATIN AMERICA. 1993.

Skidmore, Thomas, and Peter Smith.  MODERN LATIN AMERICA. 5th Ed. New

  York:  Oxford University Press, 2000.

Stern, Steve. "Paradigms of Conquest:  History, Historiography, and

  Politics."  JOURNAL OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES Quincentenary

  Supplement (1992):  1-34

Thorp, Rosemary.  PROGRESS, POVERTY, AND EXCLUSION:  AN ECONOMIC HISTORY

  OF LATIN AMERICA IN THE 20TH CENTURY. 1998.

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