HIST 378 - Colonial Latin American History

Credit Hours: 4
This course will introduce students to the history and problems of colonial Latin America by focusing on particular themes and issues related to the Spanish and Portuguese colonization and rule of the Americas. Students will learn how those issues changed throughout the colonial period (1492- ca. 1820), understand some of the more general theoretical questions related to colonialism and prepare to study modern Latin America with an eye for the way it is shaped by its colonial past.