Description:
Surveys Latin American history focusing on the development of political and social structures since the independence movements of the 19th century. Emphasizes Latin phenomenon as caudillismo, indigenismo, the Church and liberation theology, and the revolutionary movements in the 20th century
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Reflective Narrative:
This course would look at the histories each Latin-American country individually into how it was colonized up until present day. We studied the social, political, and economical structure of each country. I was able to understand the economy of Latin America and see why it has been so hard for the countries to progress. This course was extremely educational and helped to add a better balance to my cultural knowledge by taking an in depth look into countries outside of my field. In addition it helped to fulfill MLO 3 which requires to learn about a secondary culture. The course was primarily taught through lectures and videos as well assigned writings and readings. For our final we were assigned to pick a single country from Latin-America and write a consolidated essay on the polltical evolution of that country from multiple angles. For my essay i chose Chile and it can be found here |