HIST 004. Latin American History

Drawing on literature, cinema, newspapers, cartoons, music, official documents, and historical essays, this survey course examines the colonial incorporation of the region into the Atlantic economy; the neo-colonial regimes of the 19th and 20th centuries and their diverse and convergent historical paths; and the challenges and opportunities of earlier and current globalization trends. Emphasis on changes and continuities over five centuries exploring revolutionary, reformist, and conservative agendas of change as well as gender, class, racial, and religious issues.
Concentrations: Capitalism, Empires and Nations
Social sciences.
1 credit.
Eligible for LALS, GLBL-paired. Concentrations: Capitalism, Empires and Nations
Spring 2026. Armus.
Spring 2027. Armus.
Catalog chapter: History
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/history

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