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HIST 462 Social History of Modernizing Latin America 1860 to 1960 Units: 3.00
The history of everyday life in Latin America from 1860 to 1960, a century of global economic and cultural change. Themes include urbanization, the "social question", state and class formation, gender roles, crime, science and technology.
Learning Hours: 144 (36 Seminar, 108 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite Registration in a HIST Major or Joint Honours Plan and a minimum grade of C+ in 6.0 units from HIST 300-330.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Identify major patterns and developments in the history of everyday life for ordinary Latin Americans between 1850 and 1960.
- Describe and assess the impact of historical changes in technology, law, urban development, social policy ), class identities, gender norms, and material culture. Evaluate the benefits and tradeoffs of those changes (specific issues may vary from year to year).
- Recognize and participate in the scholarly debates that inform the subdiscipline of social history.
- Critically analyze historical scholarship with an eye to judging the quality of their research, the nature of their sources, and the validity of their argumentation.
- Present historical interpretation in clear prose and oral discussion, to demonstrate the ability to construct an argument by marshaling appropriate evidence.