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2024 Fall > UGRD > HIST > HIST 255L

Gods and Slaves: Latin America before 1800

Course #: HIST 255L

Description:
This course introduces students to the history and cultures of early Latin America, an area of the world that includes Mesoamerica (Mexico and Central America), South America, and the Caribbean. In this class we will examine the political, cultural, and social dimensions of the major Pre-Columbian civilizations; the causes and consequences of Spanish and Portuguese colonization; the establishment of New World societies and economies in the sixteenth century; and the vastly divergent forms of mature colonial society across the continent in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Section Class Number Schedule/Time Instructor Location
01 10161 TuTh
11:00 - 12:15 pm
Johnson,Benjamin Daniel Wheatley W01-0031
Session: Regular
Class Dates: 09/03/2024 - 12/13/2024
Capacity: 20
Enrolled: 19
Status: Closed
Credits: 3/3
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