Understanding Central America – From Precolonial Times to Globalization
Seminar
Lecturer: Dr. habil. Peter Gärtner
Time: Tuesday, 17.15 – 18.45
Place: NSG, Universitätsstraße 1, S 329
Examination: Essay
Description:
This course is intended as a survey of the history of Central America from pre-colonial times to the present. Central America is a small, but rich, diverse and geopolitically crucial region, with a wide range of peoples, political systems, religions and languages. This course focus firstly on the place of the region within the modern World-System and secondly on the diversity within the region. Through both perspectives, students will learn about Central American peoples' experiences of survival and resistance. Major topics include: Indigenous cultures; indigenous and European (Spanish and Anglo) relations; Independence movements; 19th and 20th century dependency; state-nation and identity formation; indigenous resistance; imperialism and economic development; relations with the United States and Europe; revolution and counter-revolution; contemporary social movements.
Literature:
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
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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
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