HIST 0500 - COLONIAL LATIN AMERICA

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course explores the material history of Latin America during the period of Spanish and Portuguese Colonial Rule, from 1500 to 1825. In it, we will examine the interplay between material conditions (climate, natural resources, flora and fauna, and geographic features) and material culture (built space, technology, commodities, agriculture, as well as cultural products), asking how they shaped human action. Weekly case studies-ranging from pre-contact indigenous agriculture, through the role of technology in the success of Spanish conquistadors, to the impact horses on the Spanish frontier-prompt students to engage with the lived experience of a broad range of people living in pre-independence Latin America.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Cross-Cult. Awareness General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Diversity General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Geographic Region General Ed. Requirement, DSAS Historical Analysis General Ed. Requirement, Global Studies, Latin American Studies, SCI Diversity General Ed. Requirements, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Global&Cross Cul GE. Req., SCI Polymathic Contexts: Soc/Behav. GE. Req.

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