LibGuides: HIS345: Module 4 Resources

Module 4 Required Resources

Textbook

Your course textbook can be accessed via the DART eBook link in the Getting Started module.

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

Read Chapters 9-12 of the textbook to prepare to discuss dictatorships, revolutions, and contemporary change with the class.

Video

Cuba: The Next Revolution
Cuba: The Next Revolution, directed by Diene Petterle. Public Broadcasting Service, 2011.

https://go.openathens.net/redirector/nu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Fvideo.alexanderstreet.com%2Fp%2FmqNlWmWAp

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 4 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.
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).
Timeline: Post-Revolution Cuba
“Timeline: Post-Revolution Cuba.” PBS American Experience: Fidel Castro. Accessed February 28, 2024. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/castro/timeline/index.html

This PBS website provides a detailed timeline of post-Revolution Cuba, as well as other resources on the Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro.
Che Guevara Internet Archive
“Che Guevara Internet Archive.” Marxists Internet Archive Library. Last updated April 28, 2023. https://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/index.htm

Learn more about Che Guevara, his philosophical beliefs, watch videos of the Cuban Revolution, look at pictures, and listen to music dedicated to him. Take advantage of the rich resources the site offers.
30,000 People Were 'Disappeared' in Argentina's Dirty War. These Women Never Stopped Looking.
Blakemore, Erin. “30,000 People Were ‘Disappeared’ in Argentina’s Dirty War. These Women Never Stopped Looking.” History.com. Last updated August 24, 2023. https://www.history.com/news/mothers-plaza-de-mayo-disappeared-children-dirty-war-argentina

This article includes a brief history of Argentina’s “Dirty War” and the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo (Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo).