HIST 2382 MODERN/CONT LATIN AMERICA
An examination of the historical tides that have shaped contemporary Latin American and the Caribbean in a neo-colonial context. Emphasis on the making of new nations and problems of sovereignty, reformist and revolutionary political processes, democratic and authoritarian experiences, the quest for economic development, the persistence of societal enequities, racial and gender relations, labor, urbanization and migration, religion, and popular culture. "Former Title": (History of Latin America, 1825 to present)