HIS 335 Economic Development in Latin America: Milestones & Crisis

This course is designed to give its students detailed knowledge of Latin American economic models and political process through the study of its economic development, milestones, crises and political current events. It will address how Latin America came to be in its current circumstances and how this process can be interpreted and understood today. For this, we shall take a general view of the Latin American economic development process and the study of the political situation in order to understand the Latin American context.
Students are expected to develop a thorough knowledge of key historical issues, trends and events, as well as key concepts and theories of economic history; and to develop analytical skills for the study of Latin American history.
Students will be confronted with documents for the study of Latin American history that shall be analyzed individually and in groups; conclusions shall be discussed with the rest of the class.