Conflict and Change in Post-Colonial Latin America and the Caribbean (formerly HIST 318)

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3 Lecture Hour(s) 0 Lab Hour(s) This course surveys social and political conflict and change beginning with the movements for political independence and concluding with an assessment of recent developments. Topics considered include agrarian change and conflict, economic development and underdevelopment, slave emancipation, gender, urbanization and populism, social revolution, labor, and international relations and foreign intervention. Students will have the opportunity to develop their ability to analyze and evaluate historical materials, and formulate written and oral arguments.