SP1030
Introduction to Modern Latin America
2016-2017
10
5
SCQF level 7
2
Academic year(s): 2016-2017
SCOTCAT credits : 10
ECTS credits : 5
Level : SCQF level 7
Semester: 2
Planned timetable:
This module offers an introduction to modern Latin American history. Starting with the Wars of Independence (1804-1825), it traces the political history of Spanish America, Brazil and Haiti up to the present. Adopting a thematic approach, within a continental-based narrative, this module focuses on the early national period, the neocolonial period, the age of extremes and the age of neoliberalism. Recent trends towards democratisation within a context of globalisation will also be addressed. Whilst the module will stress the common themes between countries as far apart as Mexico and Argentina, it will nonetheless highlight specific national contexts. Key events such as the Mexican-American war, the Mexican Revolution, the Chaco War, the Cuban Revolution and Pinochet's coup of 1973 will all be studied.