Introduction to Latin American Studies

C20th

9. Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire

9. Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire

week 9 lecture (video)

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8. Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age

8. Signs of Crisis in a Gilded Age

week 8 lecture (video)

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7. The Export Boom as Modernity

7. The Export Boom as Modernity

week 7 lecture (video)

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Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire III

Commerce, Coercion, and America’s Empire III

Video by Hamid Alizadeh, Tyler Farrago, Ruze Guvenc, and Livia Oliveira

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Independence Narratives Past and Present II

Independence Narratives Past and Present II

video by Amy Main and Cennedi Mills

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Aguas Blancas Massacre

Aguas Blancas Massacre

A massacre in Mexico, 1995 (video)

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Silent War

Colombia’s Fight Against Yellow Fever (c. 1945)

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