History 206: Colonial Latin America, 1492-1810
Resources
- Syllabus
Electronic Reader
- Electronic Reader (not yet available -- it should be ready for download by the beginning of the second week of class)
Assignments
- Paper #1 (Due Friday, October 2)
Temporary Posting of Readings (until electronic reader is available)
- Leon-Portilla - Broken Spears (Friday, September 25)
- Harner - Ecological Basis for Aztec Sacrifice (Friday, September 18)
- Ingham - Human Sacrifice at Tenochtitlan (Friday, September 18)
- Arens - Cannibals of the Imagination (Friday, September 18)
- Columbus - Explanatory Matter Relating to the Book of Prophecies (Friday, September 11)
- Todorov - Conquest of America (Friday, September 11)
- Watts - Science, Religion, and Columbus's Enterprise of the Indies (Friday, September 11)
- Columbus - Journal of the First Voyage (Friday, September 4)
- Asimov - Youth (Friday, September 4)
Resources for Creative Paper Assignment (Paper #1)
- Introduction and Discussion of Sample Papers (pre-recorded video; this material was covered in class on Monday, September 14) [25 min]
- Elements of Writing (pre-recorded video; this material was covered in class on Friday, September 25) [28 min]
- Footnotes and Bibliography (pre-recorded video; introduced in class on Friday, September 25) [13 min]
- Instructions for Footnotes and Bibliography (pdf)
- Sample Creative Paper with Footnotes (pdf)
- Sample Bibliography (pdf)
- Columbus - Journal of the First Voyage (unabridged)
- Columbus - Letter to Santangel
Lecture Terms and Outlines
- 08/26 - The Native Americans
- 08/28 - The Iberians
- 08/31 - Patterns and Precedents: Atlantic and Mediterranean Worlds
- 09/02 - Discovering New Worlds: Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean
- 09/09 - Are They Not Men?: Bartolome de Las Casas and European Debates about Indigenous Societies
- 09/13 - Ancient Mesoamerica
- 09/15 - Aztec Society and Culture
- 09/21 - The Cosmic Struggle: Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl
- 09/23 - Cortes and the Conquest of Mexico
- 09/28 - The Inca and Pizzaro
- 09/30 - Patterns and Precedents of Conquest
- 10/02 - Voices from the Dust: Creatively Uncovering the Pre-Columbian Past
- 10/05 - A New World in the Tropics
- 10/07 - Sugar and Slavery in the South Atlantic
- 10/12 - Brazil's Golden Age
- 10/16 - Colonial Landscapes: City, Town, and Countryside
- 10/19 - Royal Government
- 10/21 - The Church in a Baroque World
- 10/28 - Race, Gender, and Class
- 11/02 - Economics and Trade in Global Context
- 11/05 - Pirates, Slaves, Merchants, and Kings: The End of Royal Control
- 11/09 - Empire Restored: The Bourbon Reforms
- 11/11 - Tupac Amaru and The Great Rebellion
- 11/16 - The Marquis of Pombal and Brazil, 1750-1777
- 11/18 - Tiradentes and Popular Unrest in Brazil
- 11/23 - The Haitian Revolution
- 11/30 - From Colony to Empire: Independence in Brazil
- 12/04 and 12/07 - Crisis of Legitimacy: Independence in the Hispanic World, Parts I and II