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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
HIST 8.2 | Title:
HIST AMERICANS POST 1880 |
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| 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 |
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| | 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:
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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:
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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
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| 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 | | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 4 | Social and Behavioral Science | Fall 1981 | |
| | 4F | History | | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| 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:
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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
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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:
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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:
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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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