A History of the Atlantic World (Spring 2025)
Resources
- Syllabus
Exam Preparation
- Final Review Session (88 minutes)
- Final Study Guide
- Midterm Study Guide
Creative Paper
- Creative Paper Assignment (Due Monday, February 17)
- Introduction to the Assignment with Examples (24 minute video)
- Elements of Storytelling (27 minute video)
- Footnotes and Bibliography (8 minute video)
- Instructions for Footnotes and Bibliography (pdf)
- Sample Creative Paper with Footnotes (pdf)
- Bartolome de Las Casas - Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies (1552)
- Juan Gines de Sepulveda - Just War in the Indies (1547)
Electronic Readings
- Marcelin - Beast of the Haitian Hills (Friday, April 25 and Wednesday, April 30)
- Clarke - Slight Case of Sunstroke (Friday, April 11)
- Hochschild - Bury the Chains (Friday, February 14)
- Newton - Thoughts on the African Slave Trade (Friday, February 14)
Resources for Movie Assignment (for students who did not attend film screening)
- Movie (101 minutes)
Video Lectures for Cancelled Classes (snow days, etc.)
- 3/10 - Neo-Imperial Shadows: Cuban Independence and the United States
- 2/19 - Thomas Clarkson and Abolitionism in the British West Indies
Lecture Terms and Outlines
- 01/13 - Portugal and the Beginnings of an Atlantic World
- 01/15 - Global Connections: The Journeys of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama
- 01/22 - Competing Models of Empire: Early Cross-Cultural Encounters in Brazil and Mexico
- 01/24 - Captivity and Redemption: The Life and Times of Bartolome de las Casas
- 01/27 - Deus Destroyed: The Life and Times of Cristovao Ferreira
- 02/03 - Tropical Babylon: Sugar and Slavery in Brazil
- 02/05 - Atlantic Connections: The Dutch in Brazil and the West Indies
- 02/10 - Flotillas and Fire-Ships: Philip II and the Spanish Armada
- 02/12 - Raving Crowns and Roving Crooks: Spanish Decline and British Ascension
- 02/17 - Slavery and the Rights of Man: Revolution in San Domingue
- 02/19 - Thomas Clarkson and Abolitionism in the British West Indies
- 02/21 - Tropical Versailles: Brazil's Peculiar Path to Independence
- 02/24 - The Long Good-Bye: Slavery and Abolition in 19th Century Brazil
- 02/28 - Luis de Velasco and Royal Government in Spanish America
- 03/03 - From One to Many: The Coming of Independence
- 03/05 - Slavery and the Vestiges of Spain's Seaborne Empire: The Case of Cuba
- 03/10 - Neo-Imperial Shadows: Cuban Independence and the United States
03/14 - Colonial Legacies: Race, Imperialism, and Faith in a Modern Era (unavailable)
- 03/24 - Filibuster or Privateer? - William Walker and U.S. Intervention in Latin America
- 03/26 - Colonial Origins of Latin American Caudillismo
- 03/31 - A Death Foretold - The Roosevelt Corollary and Benjamin Zeledon
- 04/02 - Augusto Cesar Sandino and U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua
- 04/07 - I Don't Need Citizens, I Need Oxen - The Somozas of Nicaragua
- 04/09 - An End to the Somozas - Sandinismo Reborn
- 04/11 - U.S. Intervention in Cold War Latin America
- 04/14 - Race and Historical Denial - The Haitian Massacore of 1937
- 04/16 - Rafael Trujillo and the United States
- 04/18 - Autumn of the Patriarch - The Death of a Dictator
- 04/21 - Politicians, Marines, and Insurgents - The Case of Haiti
- 04/23 - Papa Doc, Baby Doc, and the Corruption of Haitian Politics, 1934-1971
- 04/28 - Visions and Visionaries in the Making of Modern Brazil
Temporary Posting of Video Lectures (entire semester)
- Portugal and the Beginnings of an Atlantic World
- Global Connections: The Journeys of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama
- Competing Models of Empire: Early Cross-Cultural Encounters in Brazil and Mexico, Part I (expanded lecture that corresponds to Brazil portion of material covered in this lecture)
- Competing Models of Empire: Early Cross-Cultural Encounters in Brazil and Mexico, Part II (expanded lecture that corresponds to Mexico portion of material covered in this lecture)
- Captivity and Redemption: The Life and Times of Bartolome de las Casas
- Deus Destroyed: The Life and Times of Cristovao Ferreira
- Tropical Babylon: Sugar and Slavery in Brazil
- Atlantic Connections: The Dutch in Brazil and the West Indies
Flotillas and Fire-Ships: Philip II and the Spanish Armada (currently unavailable)
- Raving Crowns and Roving Crooks: Spanish Decline and British Ascension
- Slavery and the Rights of Man: Revolution in San Domingue
- Thomas Clarkson and Abolitionism in the British West Indies
- Tropical Versailles: Brazil's Peculiar Path to Independence
- The Long Good-Bye: Slavery and Abolition in 19th Century Brazil
Luis de Velasco and Royal Government in Spanish America (currently unavailable)
- From One to Many: The Coming of Independence (includes brief review at beginning on material covered in Luis de Velasco and Royal Government in Spanish America)
Slavery and the Vestiges of Spain's Seaborne Empire: The Case of Cuba (currently unavailable)
- Neo-Imperial Shadows: Cuban Independence and the United States
- Filibuster or Privateer? - William Walker and U.S. Intervention in Latin America
- The Colonial Origins of Latin American Caudillismo (not available)
- A Death Foretold - The Roosevelt Corollary and Benjamin Zeledon
- Augusto Cesar Sandino and U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua
- 'I Don't Need Citizens, I Need Oxen' - The Somozas of Nicaragua
- An End to the Somozas - Sandinismo Reborn
- Race and Historical Denial - The Haitian Massacre of 1937
- 'Autumn of the Patriarch' - The Death of a Dictator (also includes abbreviated material from Raphael Trujillo and the United States)
- Politicians, Marines, and Insurgents - The Case of Haiti
- Papa Doc, Baby Doc, and the Corruption of Haitian Politics
- Visions and Visionaries in the Making of Modern Brazil
- Conclusions - Roots and Branches (typically we run out of time for this concluding lecture during the regular semester)