| Unit name | The Making of the Hispanic World, from 1492 to the present day |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HISP10014 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
| Unit director | Professor. Jo Crow |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will explore the major historical processes and periods that shaped the Hispanic world from 1492 to the present. Moving through processes such as conquest, colonisation, enlightenment, independence, civil war, revolution, dictatorship and transition to democracy, the unit will introduce students to the major ways of thinking about the culture and politics of the Hispanic World throughout history. In seminars students will explore 8 key texts or sources in detail, and analyse these in their political and historical contexts.
Students will:
2 hour lecture and a 1 hour seminar per week.
Extensive use will be made of the online learning environment.
2 x 2000 word essays, weighted equally (50/50) testing ILOs 1-2.
Matthew Restall and Kris Lane, Latin America in Colonial Times (Cambridge and New York, 2011).
Simon Barton, A History of Spain (London, 2004)
Edwin Williamson, The Penguin History of Latin America (London, 2012)
Francisco Romero Salvadó, Twentieth Century Spain. Politics and Society, 1898-1998 (London, 1999).
Matthew Brown, From Frontiers to Football: Latin American History from 1800 to the present (London, 2014)
Thomas Benjamin, The Atlantic World: Europeans, Africans, Indians and their Shared History, 1400-1900 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009).
