Latin America and the United States
HIST 26
Subject & Catalog Number
Course Information
Description
Surveys the complex, mutually constitutive, and often thorny relationship - characterized by suspicion and antagonism, but also by fascination and desire - between the United States and the diverse republics south of the Rio Grande. Examines public policy, US expansionism and empire, popular culture and consumption, competing economic development models, migration, tourism, the Cold War, sovereignty, dissent, and contrasting visions of democratic citizenship.
Course Notes
No prior college level History is required or assumed. Students seeking to fulfill their Social Sciences distribution requirement and first-years are welcome. This course meets the "Beyond North America" History Concentration requirement. Former course number "Hist 1511."
Class Notes
This class requires students to enroll in an untimed, placeholder section during registration and to submit time preferences. Sections will be assigned immediately after registration based on student interest and preferences.
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
NOTE: This course requires additional sections; you will be prompted to choose secondary components during the Add to Cart process
