Modern Latin American History: From Independence to Present

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This course is the second course in the Latin American Civilization sequence covering the history of Modern Latin American from the wars of independence in the early nineteenth century until the present. The class will explore the racial, class, and gender hierarchies that emerged out of the region’s postcolonial past, and their impact on Latin American people’s lives. The course will conclude with an examination of twenty-first-century Latin American cultural, political and social issues. Major themes and topics include democracy, dictatorship, revolution, religion, and the importance of race, class, and gender in the history of the region.