Assignment task: What was colonialism like in Latin America? How did the colonial foundations-or inheritance-determine the fate of nations? To what extent did slavery vary across the region? What triggered independence movements? What were the main pathways to independence? Please cite the following readings.
Relevant Terms, Concepts, Historical Figures & Events:
Viceroyalties and Captaincy Generals; Haciendas; Criollos versus peninsulares; Caudillos; Transatlantic Slave Trade; The colonial inheritance; Napoloenic Wars (1803-1815); Simón Bolívar; San Martín; Pedro I; The American Revolution (1765-1783); The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804). !
Assigned Readings:
- Skidmore, Thomas, and Peter H. Smith. Modern Latin America (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), 13-41.
- Halperín Donghi, Tulio. The Contemporary History of Latin America, trans. by John Charles Chasteen (Durham: Duke University Press, 1993), 1-41, 42-73.
- Townsend, Camilla. Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs (New York: Oxford University Press, 2019), 155-18