HIST 271

The National Experience in Latin America since 1808

Units: 1.5, Hours: 3-0

Considers how Latin Americans have struggled to create stable polities since the Wars of Independence of the early 19th century. Explores anticlericalism, banditry, antislavery, racism and the assault on communal institutions, as well as the influence of key Latin American artists such as Frida Kahlo, revolutionaries such as Emiliano Zapata and "Pancho" Villa, guerrillas such as Fidel Castro and "Che" Guevara and populists such as Getulio Vargas and Eva Peron.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one of 271, 265 (if taken in the same topic).

Undergraduate course in History offered by the Department of History in the Faculty of Humanities.