9:30-10:45A      TR        WH121

A portion of the above section reserved for majors
Above section meets with HIST T500, LTAM L426 and L526
F300:  Graduate students register for T500

This course focuses on the history of Modern Argentina and Brazil from
Independence to the Contemporary era.  It aims to introduce students
to a wide range of materials drawn from historical, cultural and
political sources.  The principle focus will be two-fold:  to convey a
sense of the historical development of the modern Argentine and
Brazilian nation states and to give a sense of the roots of the unique
social, cultural and political formations that have come to
characterize those states.  Much of the material used will be of a
inter-disciplinary nature ranging from novels to anthropological
reports and political speeches.  Use will also be made of films from
Brazil and Argentina.  The reading for this course will be in the
range of 100-150 pages a week.  The course will also have a strong
writing component in the form of essays and book and film reports.
Students will also work towards a final term paper.

Books will include:  Robert Levine, The Brazil Reader; David Rock,
Argentina; Jose Hernandez, Martin Fierro; Maryssa Navarro, Evita
Peron; Tomas Eloy Martinez, Santa Evita; Daniel James, Dona Maria's
Story: Life-History, Memory and Political Identity; Euclides da Cunha,
Rebellion in the Backlands.