John H' Pollitz

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History 230-M

• John H. Pollitz
• Library 3rd Floor Offices
• Work333-6241
• Home326-2698
• PollitzJohnH_at_ambrose.sau.edu

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Welcome

• This will be a survey of Latin American History
• Scope Independence to Present
• We have a lot of ground to cover
• Discussion is not only encouraged but essential

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Syllabus

• http//library.sau.edu/jpollitz/LatAm/history230m.
  htm
• Readings should be done prior to class.
• There are a lot of them.
• We will open up with some background.
• Then cover the Nineteenth Century.
• Then speed into the Twentieth.

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Course Design

• Incorporate Technology
• E-reserve readings
• Web resources
• News
• History sites
• E-mail
• PowerPoint
• Class notes posted on website
• Syllabus an organic thing consult often.

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Grading

• 20 Class Participation
• Attendance
• Assigned news reports
• Map Exercise
• 25 Midterm
• 30 Paper Presentation
• 25 Final

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E-reserves

• Many of the readings will be on reserve
• Hardcopy at the circulation desk
• E-reserves http//library.sau.edu/Reserves/ereserv
  es/ereserves.htm
• Username ereserves
• Password online

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News from the South

• Every week one person responsible for an event
• New York Times
• Use web news sites http//library.sau.edu/jpollit
  z/LatAm/news.htm
• Report to class and discuss
• Example news from Chile

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Research Paper

• 6 9 page
• Your choice of topic with instructor approval
• Have a topic chosen by February 7!
• Bibliography
• Books
• Scholarly journals
• Websites (primary documents)

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Research Paper

• Format paper based on SAU History Dept. style
  manual.
• http//www.sau.edu/history/styleman.html
• Get started early
• Use interlibrary loan

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Presentation

• Share your knowledge!
• A skill to develop.
• PowerPoint encouraged.
• Debra Duley Head of Media Services
• DuleyDebraS_at_ambrose.sau.edu

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Important Dates

• January 24, Maps due
• February 7, Topics due
• February 12, Research workshop in OKeefe
• March 28, 1st Draft due
• April 18, 23, 25, Presentations

• EXTRA CREDIT
• April 5, Richard Rodriguez lecture
• April 23, Geiger lecture by Fr. McDaniel

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Introduction

• Uniquely tied to the U.S.
• Often victim of stereotypes
• Dictators
• Frito Bandito
• Somehow less than us
• Neighbors but more foreign than Europe

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Complexity

• Language
• Spanish
• Portuguese
• French, English, Dutch
• Quechua, Nahuatl, and many others

• Geography
• Snow capped Mountains
• Jungles
• Arid plains
• Fertile grasslands
• Caribbean islands

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Complexity

• Over 2.5 times area of US
• 1998 507 mill (278 US)
• 2 of top 10 most populated cities
• Sao Paulo, 4, 9.8 mil
• Mexico City, 7, 8.5 mil
• 11 was New York City, 7.4 mil

• Traditionally three main racial groups
• White Europeans
• Black
• Indigenous
• Recently immigration from Asia

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Complexity

• 26 Countries
• Brazil
• Dominican Republic
• Right-wing Dictators to Democracies to Cuba
• Not just South America

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History 230-M