LibGuides: HIS345: Module 1 Resources

Module 1 Required Resources

Textbook

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Charlip, Julie A. and E. Bradford Burns, Latin America: An Interpretive History (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 2017.

Read Chapters 1 and 2 of the textbook to prepare to discuss Indigenous societies, European colonialism, and African enslavement with the class.

Video

Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet
Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet, directed by Ilana Trachtman. Public Broadcasting Service, 2011. https://go.openathens.net/redirector/nu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideo.alexanderstreet.com%2Fp%2Fk2X9WkM6K

View this assigned PBS documentary to add additional depth and contemporary connections to some of the historical events covered in the Charlip and Burns textbook.

Module 1 Optional Resources

Citation Resources Guide: Chicago/Turabian Style
The NU library website features tools and resources to help you with Chicago Style, the citation style used by historians, which you should use throughout this course.
Q&A with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
“Q&A with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr..” PBS, November 11, 2015. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/black-in-latin-america/featured/qa-with-professor-henry-louis-gates-jr/164/.

This Q&A with Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. on the process of making the Black in Latin America documentary series for PBS provides interesting insights into the process of selecting the counties to focus on, as well as what he found most interesting and rewarding about the experience.
More Than 'A Hidden Race': The Complexities of Blackness in Mexico and Peru
Sue, Christina A. and Tanya Golash-Boza, “More Than ‘A Hidden Race’: The Complexities of Blackness in Mexico and Peru,” Latin American and Caribbean Ethnic Studies 8, no. 1 (2013). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/7k32v752

This is a thoughtful critique of the documentary, Mexico & Peru: The Black Grandma in the Closet, from the perspective of Mexican and Peruvian scholars.
History : Latin America: Primary Sources: Mexico, Central America, Caribbean
“History : Latin America: Primary Sources: Mexico, Central America, Caribbean.” Library Guides at University of Washington Libraries. Accessed February 12, 2024. https://guides.lib.uw.edu/research/history-latinam/primary.

A research guide to primary sources for Latin American history. Most items link to open sources (locked items have a pad-lock symbol next to them).