HISTORY 236: MODERN ARGENTINA, CHILE AND URUGUAY
Peter Blasenheim Block 2, October 2001
SYLLABUS
Oct. 1: Introduction
Oct. 2: DISCUSSION: Assignment I
The Medieval Approach
Oct. 3: DISCUSSION: Assignment I
The Medieval Approach
Oct. 4: DISCUSSION: Assignment I
The Liberal Approach
Oct. 5: LECTURE I: Argentine Geography (very short!)
DISCUSSION: Assignment II
The Early Colonial Period/Independence
Oct. 8: DISCUSSION: Assignment III
The Late Colonial Period
Oct. 9: LECTURE II: Argentina and Chile, 1810-1890/91
Oct. 10: DISCUSSION: Assignment IV
Caudillismo
Oct. 11: FIRST PAPER DUE: Reflections on Caudillismo
LECTURE III: Argentina, 1890-1943; Uruguay to 1903
MUSIC: The Argentine Tango
Oct. 12: DISCUSSION: Assignment V
Consolidation of Argentina
The Age of the Oligarchy
Oct. 15: DISCUSSION: Assignment VI
Balmaceda and the Parliamentary Republic in Chile
MUSIC: "Santa Maria de Iquique"
Oct. 16: NO CLASS
Oct. 17: DISCUSSION: Assignment VII
The Middle Groups
Oct. 18: SECOND PAPER DUE: The Middle Groups
LECTURE IV: Argentina, 1943 to the Present
Three Documentaries on Eva Perón--Three Evas
Oct. 19: DISCUSSION: Assignment VIII
Perón
Oct. 22: DISCUSSION: Assignment IX
Argentina Since 1955: The Implosion
Oct. 23: DISCUSSION: Assignment X
Modern Chile, 1920-1970
Oct. 24: THIRD PAPER DUE
DISCUSSION: Assignment XI
Allende, Pinochet and Redemocratization
Texts:
Romero, A HISTORY OF ARGENTINE POLITICAL THOUGHT (On reserve at Tutt Library)
Stein and Stein, THE COLONIAL HERITAGE OF LATIN AMERICA (On reserve at Tutt Library)
Taylor, THE MYTHS OF A WOMAN
Loveman, CHILE
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