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140392 SE VM5 / VM6 - Understanding Central America (2016S)

From Precolonial Times to Globalization

7.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 14 - Orientalistik, Afrikanistik, Indologie und Tibetologie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 11.05. 13:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Friday 13.05. 13:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Wednesday 18.05. 13:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1
  • Thursday 19.05. 13:00 - 17:00 Seminarraum SG3 Gender-Studies, Sensengasse 3, Bauteil 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

I. Central America a region in World-System perspective
II. Empires, Nations and world market (1502-1945)
III. Cold War: Reform, Revolution and Counter-Revolution (1945-1990)
IV. Central America in Globalization (1990-2015)

Assessment and permitted materials

Hausarbeit

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Grundkenntnisse über Zentralamerika als Region
historische Einordnung der Region in die Geschichte des Weltsystems
Vergleich der Expansionspolitik Spaniens, Grossbritanniens und der USA
Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen den Ländern der Region (Verleich)

Examination topics

Seminar mit Vorträgen der Teilnehmer je 15 min.
Diskussion

Reading list

Bethell, Leslie (ed.): The Cambridge History of Latin America, volume VII. Latin America since 1930: Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. Cambridge University Press 1990, pp. 161-416.

Booth, John A./ Wade, Christine/ Walker, Thomas W.: Understanding Central America. Global Forces, Rebellion, and Change. Fifth ed. 2010

Dunkerley, James: Power in the Isthmus. A Political History of Modern Central America. London 1988

Lehoucq, Fabrice: The Politics of Modern Central America. Civil War, Democratization and Underdevelopment. Cambridge University Press 2012

Foster, Lynn: A Brief History of Central America. Second ed. 2007

LaFeber, Walter: Inevitable Revolutions. The United States in Central America. Second ed., New York/ London 1993

Pearcy, Thomas L.: The History of Central America. Westport (Conn.)/ London 2006

Robinson, William: Transnational Conflicts. Central America, social change and globalization. London/ New York 2003

Torres-Rivas, Edelberto (coord. general): Historia General de Centroamérica. 6 vol., FLACSO, San José 1994

Woodward, Ralph Lee: Central America A Nation Divided. Oxford University Press 1999

Association in the course directory

VM5, VM6

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