Universität Wien

070377 SE The Americas in GLobalization - causes and consequences of the American bifurcation (2009S)

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
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Blocks:
Organizational meeting: Monday, April 27, 2009, 7pm Lecture Room 45!
Monday, May 11, 2009, 9-12 am and 1-3 pm Seminar Room 3
Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 9-12 am Seminar Room 3 and 1-3 pm Media Room, Department of History
Friday, May 15, 2009, 9-12 am and 1-3 pm Seminar Room 3

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Sprache: Englisch

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Although both North America as well as Central and South America were colonies of European powers the USA (and Canada) on the one hand and Latin America on the other hand developed in different ways after having gained independence at nearly the same time. Today the USA are the most powerful state on the earth and the global hegemon whereas Latin America is regarded as their "back yard". The seminar aims at explaining this bifurcation and to highlight its consequences. The relation between the impact of structure and alternativity as basics of human history will be in the foreground.

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Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab

Topics
I. Common Fate: From early Conquest to early Independence (Monday, 5/11)
1. America before Columbus ¿ Diversity and common features
2. The Conquest of America and the foundations of European Colonial Empires
3. Independence from Britain and the birth of the United States
4. The Independence of Ibero-America

II. The Bifurcation: Two opposite trajectories of globalization (Wednesday, 5/13)
5. Colonial legacies and the need of social revolution - a North-South-Comparison
6. USA - Continental Expansion, Civil War and Industrialization
7. Latin America - From British Neo-colonialism to U.S. Imperialism
8. The global Empire and its backyard ¿ How we can explain the bifurcation?

III. Against the bifurcation¿s impact: Revolutions in the U.S. backyard (Friday, 5/15)
9. J. Martí, Fidel and Ché: The Cuban cycle of revolutions
10. Zapatistas ¿ old and new: The Mexican cycle of revolutions
11. From Bolívar to Chávez: The Venezuelan cycle of revolutions
12. The new Latin American Left as challenge for U.S. Empire building

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Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis

P2; MWG07, MWG08, MA Globalgeschichte und Global Studies, Vertiefung 1

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