HIST 4392 Modern Latin America

A study of Latin America from independence in the 1820s up to the present. Subjects include nation-state formation in the 19th century; the role of peasants in Latin American society; Latin America's place in the global economy in the 19th and 20th centuries; dictatorship and human rights before and during the Cold War; and the political, economic, cultural, and social developments of Latin America since independence.