HIS 344: Modern Latin America

Goal: This course invites students to explore the most critical issues and debates in the history of modern Latin America, specifically focusing on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Content: Course content includes the impact of the Atlantic revolutions, the processes of national formation, the exercise of citizenship, liberalism in Latin American ad its different aspects, slavery and abolition processes in the region, and finally, the formation of North American imperialism. All of the above, from one perspective global and connected. The course is also aimed at students critically addressing studies on the history of modern Latin America.
Prerequisite(s): Satisfactory completion of the College writing proficiency requirement or permission of the instructor.
Credit: 3
Degree Level: Undergraduate