Integration into the International Economic System (1850s-1920s) Integration into the World Economy - Colonial Past: colonies were producers of primary goods and consumers of manufactured products from Spain and Portuga...
The Colonial Era: Different Paths to Independence Christopher Columbus - Christopher Columbus inaugurated the colonization of the Americas - explorer, navigator hired by Spain and its Catholic monarchs: Isabella and Ferdin...
Understanding LAC’s Diversity Stereotypes of LAC People - commonly perceived as a homogenous/uniform region; based on stereotypes - The Latin Lover: passionate, romantic, latin american male - Brazilian Mulatta Carnival Q...
Independence Process Consequences: LACs at the end of the 19th Century: Independence of Spanish America, Brazil and the British West Indies - Haiti: only Caribbean country to achieve independence in the 1st quarter of the...
Causes of LAC Underdevelopment Developed/developing country - Gross Domestic Product (GDP): value of goods and services produced within a country - Gross National Product (GNP): GDP, net income received by residents from...
The Great Depression of the 1930s: Economic and Political Consequences, The ISI Model and Populism - Wall Street Crash - Oct. 1929 (US) - Great Depression 1930s Economic Consequences in LAC - sharp interruption in capita...
LAC after 1945: (Short) Democratic Opening and Revolutions The brief post-World War II Wave of Democratization (1945-1950) - From military governments/dictatorships to democracy: Guatemala (1945); Haiti (1946); Argentina...
Cuban Revolution (continued from previous lecture) - 1959-1961: Defining the direction of the revolution; Fidel did not have a clear plan for the future; not a communist; Fidel toured US wanted its support; - April 1...
Military Rule LAC Armed Forces - what LAC armed forces thought of themselves: - << An Elite Group in the State >> - moral superiority - cohesive and prestigious group - example of discipline and legitimate hierarchy - iso...
Civil War in Central America The 1980s was a period of.. - economic losses (debt crisis 1982 - the << Lost Decade>>) - political gains (democratization) - civil wars (Central America) Before the Civil War Nicaragua - Ado...
Transitions to Democracy Chile — Peru — Argentina The 1980s was a period of - civil war in Central America - economic losses due to the debt crisis of 1982 - political gains; democratization in most countries - military ...
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