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Category: Hist 804 – Latin America & the World Minor Field

Hist 804 - Latin America & the World Minor Field

LatAm Readings: Hegemony and Dependency

Introduction The journey is almost done! Because many of the readings this semester have addressed dependency theory and Antonio Gramsci’s concepts of hegemony (in addition to world systems theory, which we read earlier in the semester), this week’s readings to close out
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December 1, 2013December 2, 2013David McKenzieLeave a comment
Hist 804 - Latin America & the World Minor Field

LatAm Readings: United States & Latin America

Introduction Last spring, I took a fascinating Latin America and the United States course with Dr. Matthew Karush. We read a series of works (syllabus PDF) that looked primarily at the cultural relationship, exploring themes of transnationalism and generally complicating the picture;
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November 12, 2013David McKenzieLeave a comment
Hist 804 - Latin America & the World Minor Field

LatAm Readings: Incorporation into Nations and World-Systems

Books Read This week’s readings are not as related to each other as past readings have been, due to outside circumstances preventing a meeting before now (thanks to Dr. Bristol for being understanding!). Nonetheless, the four do relate to a broad theme
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October 23, 2013October 23, 2013David McKenzie1 Comment
Hist 804 - Latin America & the World Minor Field

LatAm Readings: Commodities

Books Read This week’s three books focused on different commodities that tied Latin America to the rest of the world: Lane, Kris E. Colour of Paradise: The Emerald in the Age of Gunpowder Empires. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Press, 2010. Of
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September 25, 2013David McKenzieLeave a comment
Hist 804 - Latin America & the World Minor Field

LatAm Readings: African Diaspora

Books Read This week’s readings focus on the African Diaspora in Latin America, particularly during the colonial and early national periods: Miller, Joseph Calder. Way of Death: Merchant Capitalism and the Angolan Slave Trade, 1730-1830. Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin Press, 1988.
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September 19, 2013September 19, 2013David McKenzieLeave a comment
Hist 804 - Latin America & the World Minor Field

LatAm Readings: The Conquest & Early Colonization

Introduction to the Course This fall, I am working with Dr. Joan C. Bristol on a minor field readings for “Latin America and the World.” The readings are meant to complement the two courses I took for the minor field: Global Power
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September 9, 2013September 9, 2013David McKenzie1 Comment

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