HIST2315 — Colonial Latin America
This course examines the history of colonial Spanish and Portuguese America from the pre-contact civilization of the Americas to independence in the early 19th century. Specific topics that will be studies include the pre-contact native societies, the wars of conquest; the ecological, cultural and economic effects of contact among Europeans, Africans, and indigenous inhabitants of the Americas; the role of missionaries the birth of syncretic religious systems (such as Condoble, Voodoo, and Santeria); colonial political structures; and labor systems including slavery.