Latin American History: Colonial Period
Augusta State University
HIST 3511/5511, 3 Credit Hours
Department
of History, Anthro. & Phil. Fall 2010
Professor: Dr. H. J. Abdelnur
Class Info.: MWF 12-12:50pm
in Allgood Hall E257
Office Hours: TBA; other times by
appointment
Contact Info.: During
office hours I am in E211 Allgood Hall
E-Mail: Abdelnur@aug.edu;
Office phone: 706-667-4566, or, on-campus ext. 4566
I.
Textbook:
1.
Burkholder, Mark
and Lyman Johnson. Colonial Latin
America, 7th edition. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
ISBN 978-019538605
***Be certain you have the 7th edition as
it is a NEW text. Check the cover to make sure you have the
correct one at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Colonial-Latin-America-Seventh-Burkholder/dp/0195386051/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1270911351&sr=1-1
II.
Supplemental Required Texts:
2. Leon-Portillo, Miguel.
The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico. Boston: Beacon Press, 2007. ISBN 978-080705500 Amazon has it used from $9.50 at
3.
Cortés, Hernán. Five
Letters of Cortes to the Emperor. W.
W. Norton, Co., 1991. ISBN 978-039309877 Amazon has it used
from $3.95 at
4.
de las Casas,
Bartolomé. The
Devastation of the Indies.
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. ISBN 978-080184430 Amazon has it used from
$2.46 at
(**Students
MUST purchase be prepared to
complete reading assignments and written assessments according to the
syllabus. If a student cannot purchase
the text in a timely fashion he/she must inform me immediately!)
III.
Strongly Suggested:
5. Frakes, Robert.
Writing for College History.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2004. ISBN 978-061830603
A
survey of the pre-Columbian era “Empire peoples” of the Aztec, Inka, Maya and of the Iberian backgrounds, explorations,
conquests, and subsequent political, social, and economic institutions
installed in Latin America through the wars of independence. This class will emphasize a comparison of
Native American and European sources of historical documentation.
Utilizing a variety
of primary and secondary source texts with a combination of lecture and
discussion, the student should be able to demonstrate solid
comprehension of the major themes, dates, and personalities important to
formation of early Latin America to Independence.
This class will have
four quizzes during the semester that will require the writing of
well-organized interpretive essays as well as the response to multiple choice
and identification questions. In
addition, there will be essay assignments based on the reading of two primary
source texts. There will be occasional
homework assignments to address certain issues in your textbook readings as
well as some in-class graded assignments based on primary source documents and
a debate. Your final exam is a take home
essay due during finals week.
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Homework
Assignments |
TBA |
25
points each as they occur |
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Broken
Spears Essay |
September
TBA |
150
points |
|
Cortes’
Letters Essay |
September
TBA |
150
points |
|
EXAMS |
TBA |
100
points each |
|
In-class
Assignments |
Throughout
the Semester |
25
points each as they occur |
|
Paper
Title and Abstract |
October
TBA |
25
points |
|
Paper
Outline |
October
TBA |
100
points |
|
Paper
Rough Draft |
November
TBA` |
100
points |
|
Final
Research Paper |
December
TBA |
200
points |
You are expected to attend
each and every class with 2 “freebies”. After that, if there is no official excuse
(physician note, court/jury duty, ASU sports of other activity, etc.), 1 point will
be reduced from your final grade point average for each class missed beyond the
2nd free. Students who attend
each and every class this semester will automatically receive 2 points added to
their final grade point average!
Students who miss more than one month of class will be dropped
automatically from the course with a failing grade.
Even though this
class is primarily a lecture course, discussion elements will occur frequently
in the course of the semester. Often in
the study of colonial Latin America, it is impossible not to discuss certain
themes—there is ample room for differing views of the same event. Please be certain to come to each class
period having read all assigned materials and come prepared to present your
opinions and ask questions!
Please, remember that
we are all members of the academic community of this college and, as such, we must
all treat each other with respect and courtesy.
Academic honesty is imperative to maintain your good standing at Augusta
State University; cheating, plagiarism, fabrication, falsification, and
complicity will not be tolerated and, if found, will result in a zero
for the assignment or for a final course grade, at my discretion.
Please routinely check your ASU email (once every 24 hours is best) in
case I send you updated materials, class cancellation announcements, or other
course-related information. Also, as a
note of courtesy to your fellow students and your professor, please turn OFF all cell phones during the
class period and any computer usage should not be an excuse to surf the net and
distract your fellow students from their note-taking and attention.
Daily Class Schedule
1.
8/16
Introductions
a.
Read
Burkholder & Johnson Chapter 1, Broken Spears Introduction
2.
8/18
Lecture: The Americas Before the Conquest
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 1, Broken Spears Ch. 1-3
3.
8/20
IN-CLASS ACTIVITY 1—Primary
Source documents: Aztec Origins and Maya Creationism
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 1, Broken Spears Ch. 4-7
1.
8/23
Lecture: Iberian Peninsula—Roman Legacies and North African Traditions
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 1, Broken Spears Ch. 8-10
2.
8/25
Lecture: Iberia prior to the Conquest and the personality of the
Conquistador
a.
Read
Burkholder & Johnson Chapter 2, Broken Spears Ch. 11-13
3.
8/27
Lecture: Caribbean Encounters
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 2, Broken Spears Ch. 14-15, Postscript
1.
8/30
Discussion of Broken Spears, Lecture: Mexican Explorations
and the arrival of Cortés
a.
Prepare
Essay #1
b.
Read
B&J Ch. 2, Letters from Mexico 1
2.
9/1
Lecture: The Kingdom of Guatemala
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 2, Letters from Mexico 2
3. 9/3 Lecture: The Brazilian
Accident—ESSAY #1 Due!!!
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 2, Letters from Mexico 3
1.
9/6
Labor DayàNo
Class Meeting
2.
9/8
MOVIEàAguirre, “The Wrath of God” (Media
Services Call #51)
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 2, Letters from Mexico 4
3.
9/10
MOVIE continued
a.
Read B&J Ch. 2, Letters from Mexico
5
1.
9/13
In-Class Activity 2—Conquest,
Encounter, or Invasion? Debate &
Cortés’ letters
a.
Prepare
for Essay #2
2.
9/15
Lecture: The Conquest of the Southern Cone and Andean Regions
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 2, Read Devastation of the Indies
3. 9/17 Lecture: Population
Decline and Recovery and the Columbian Exchangeà Essay #2 Due!
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 3, Read Devastation of the Indies
1.
9/20
Lecture: Southeastern and Southwestern United States and Cibola
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 3, Read Devastation of the Indies
2.
9/22
Lecture: Viceroyalty of New Spain and the Problems of Empire
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 3, Read Devastation of the Indies
3.
9/24
Lecture: Roman Catholic Church in the Americas and Discussion of the
Indies
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 3, Prepare Essay #2
1. 9/27 In-Class Activity 2—Roman Catholic Church in the
AmericasàEssay #2 Due!!!
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and Santa
Rosa of Lima
2.
9/29
Brazilian Captaincies
a.
Study
for EXAM #1 (All B&J chapters, in-class activity materials, class notes)
3.
10/1
EXAM #1(Burkholder &
Johnson Chs. 1, 2, 3)àBring your own blue books!
a.
Read
B&J Chapter 4
1.
10/4
Population and Labor—Native American
a. Read B&J Ch. 4
2.
10/6
Population and Labor—African
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 5
b.
Prepare
Title and Abstract for research paper
3. 10/8 Production and Exchange:
Colonial Economies of Mining and Agriculture, Title and Abstract Due!
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 5
1.
10/11
TBA
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 5
2.
10/13
Defense of the Colonies
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 6
3.
10/15
Colonial Society—Color and Class: Elite, Middle Groups, and Everyone Else
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 6
1.
10/18
Urban versus Rural Peoples
§
Study
for EXAM #2
2.
10/20 EXAM #2(Chs. 4, 5,
6, lecture notes, and in-class activities)àBring Your Own BLUE BOOKS!
§
Read
B&J Ch. 7
3.
10/22
Colonial Society—Gender and Social Deviance
§
Read
B&J Ch. 7
1.
10/25
Colonial Women, work, family obligations and legal limitations
§
Read
B&J Ch. 7
2.
10/27
In-Class Activity 3—Families
and Honor, Letters to Families and LoversàOutline
Due!
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 8
3.
10/29
Daily Life in Colonial Latin America
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 8
1.
11/1
In-Class Activity 4—Life
and Death in the Americas: Wills, Dowries, and Testaments
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 8
2.
11/3
Entertainment, Intellectuals, and Crime
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 9
3.
11/5
Late Colonial Spanish America—1680s-1760s
a. Read B&J Ch. 9
1.
11/8
The Bourbon Reforms—1760s-1820s
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 9
2.
11/10
Late Colonial Brazil
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 10
3.
11/12
Beginnings of Unrest—Initiating Revolution in Mexico
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 10
1.
11/15
Independence Underway in the Rest of Latin America
a.
Read
B&J Ch. 10
2.
11/17
Individual Meetings with Rough Drafts in Hand!
a.
Catch
up on your readings and work on your papers!
3.
11/19
Individual Meetings with Rough Drafts in Hand!
1.
11/22
Independence Denied in Brazil, Sort of…
a.
Study
for Exam #3 and Prepare your Rough Drafts!
2.
11/24
NO CLASSàThanksgiving
3. 11/26 NO CLASSàThanksgiving
1.
11/29
Conclusions
a.
Study
for Exam #3 and Prepare your Final Papers!
2.
12/1 EXAM #3 (B&J Chs.
7, 8, 9, 10, lecture notes and in-class activities)à Bring your own Blue Books!
FINAL PAPER DUE TO ME
IN MY OFFICE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER TBA
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