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Residents of Cacaomoa, Honduras help carry relief supplies from a US Army helicopter, November 1998 , from a National Security Archive Briefing Book on US Aid. Photo by the US Dept. of Defense |
Schedule
| Section 1: 19th Century | Section 2: 20th Century | Section 3: Cold War Consequences |
| Weeks 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-13 | ||
Requirements
Resources
Bibliography
| Professor: Jordana Dym |
| Email:jdym@skidmore.edu |
| Phone:580-5272 |
| Office: TLC 326 |
| Office Hours: T, 2-3:15 or by appointment |
Hidstory 361H
Topics in Latin America: Contemporary Central America
Schedule
| Class | Date | Topic | Reading Assignment (due on date of class) |
| Section 1: Overview | |||
| Week 1 |
From
Colonies to Nation-States
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| 0 | 1/23 | Intro & Colonial Background |
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| 1 | 1/25 | Colonial Background |
2 Chapters from Woodward, Weaver or Pérez Brignoli |
| Week 2 |
From
Colonies to Nation States (2)
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| 2 | 1/30 | 19th Century: Independence | WEAVER, Chapter 2; LAURIA-SANTIAGO, 25-51; MCCREERY, 438-460; |
| 3 | 2/1 | 19 C.:Change & Caudillos | CARMACK (in Smith, 1990), 116-135; COLLIN, 3-94; MAP QUIZ |
| Week 3 |
Economic
Development & Outside Intervention
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| 4 | 2/6 | Lecture | WEAVER, Ch. 3; DOSAL, 322-357, COLLIN, 127-236, |
| 5 | 2/8 | Discussion | COLLIN, 237-338 **PROJECT DESCRIPTION DUE |
| Week 4 |
Race
& Progress: The Indian
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| 6 | 2/13 | Lecture | MCCREERY,96-115 (in Smith 1990); WATANABE (2000) |
| 7 | 2/15 | Discussion* | ASTURIAS,
The Social Problem of the Indian Disussant: WOODWARD, 52-71; WATANABE (1995); HIMELBLAU, 61-80). |
| Week 5 |
Creating
a Nation: Mestizaje
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| 8 | 2/20 | Lecture | GOULD, 1-133 |
| 9 | 2/22 | Discussion* | GOULD,
134-294 Discussant: EURAQUE, 151-168; SMITH, 72-95; ADAMS 527-543 |
| Week 6 |
Creating
a Nation: The Costa Rica Exception
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| 10 | 2/27 | Lecture |
GUDMUNDSON, 221-257; PAIGE, 127-152; CHOMSKY, 169-195 |
| 11 | 3/1 | Discussion | **DRAFT BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE (READING FROM CR WOMENS MVMT?) |
| Week 7 |
Revolt-
Nicaragua & El Salvador
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| 12 | 3/6 | Lecture | KINCAID (1987), 466-494 OR PÉREZ BRIGNOLI, 232-261; DALTON Prologue & Introduction. Recommended: WEAVER, Ch. 4. |
| 13 | 3/8 | Discussion* | DALTON,
60-66, 115-168, 211-275 (to 325, recommended); Disussant: PAIGE, 99-126; 153-183; HARLOW, 9-21 |
| 3/14-3/16 SPRING BREAK-No Class | |||
| Week 8 |
Enacting
Change in the Cold War: Reform & its Consequences--Guatemala
1940s-1950s
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| 14 | 3/20 | Lecture | SCHLESINGER & KINZER, Bitter Fruit, Ch. 1-7 |
| 15 | 3/21 | Discussion* | SCHLESINGER
& KINZER, Bitter Fruit, Ch. 8-14; NSA on Guatemalan
Coup (Selections TBA) Discussant: GLEIJESES or HANDY |
| Week 9 |
Revolution:
El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua
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| 16 | 3/27 | Lecture | WEAVER, Ch. 6; BOOTH , 33-73. Recommended: DUNKERLEY, Ch. 6-9. |
| 17 | 3/29 | Discussion* | SMITH
(in Carmack)), 206-231; EBEL (in Carmack), 174-191 Discussant: HODGES or LANCASTER |
| Week 10 |
Enacting
Change: Religion--Theology of Liberation & Protestantism
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| 18 | 4/3 | Lecture | STOLL (in Carmack), 206-231; BERRYMAN-On-line Article |
| 19 | 4/5 | Discussion* | BURGOS-DEBRAY
(Rigoberta Menchú) Discussant: STOLL |
| Week 11 |
Enacting
Change: Labor--Unions
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| 20 | 4/10 | Lecture | LEVENSON-ESTRADA, 1-104 |
| 21 | 4/12 | Discussion | LEVENSON-ESTRADA, 105-233; Testimonies (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras)--Handout |
| Week 12 |
Contemporary
Issues: Democratization & Economic Unity
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| 22 | 4/17 | Lecture | WEAVER,
Ch. 5, 7; SMITH (1995), 723-749 **RESEARCH PAPERS DISTRIBUTED FOR PEER REVIEW |
| 23 | 4/19 | Discussion | DISCUSSION: STUDENT PAPERS |
| Week 13 |
Global
Concerns: the UN in Central America
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| 24 | 4/24 | Lecture | MONTGOMERY, 139-172; UN Agenda for Peace; various UN websites (See Resources) |
| 25 | 4/26 | Discussion | Guatemala Peace Accords; |
| Week 14 |
New
Challenges, New Solutions: Tourism, Environment & Migration
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| 25 | 5/1 | Conclusions | HINSHAW
(in Carmack) 195-205; BERGER, 99-116 **RESEARCH PAPERS DUE IN CLASS |