HIST 316 - Colonial Latin America (C)

Credits: (3)

Instructional Method: Three hours lecture.
Prerequisites: Three hours of HIST at 100-level.
A topical survey beginning with the conquests of Mexico and Peru by Spain and (to a lesser extent) Brazil by Portugal. Focus is on the impact on native Americans of Spanish colonialism and on the evolution of Hispanic-American institutions, family and kinship patterns and economic behavior.