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Extra-European Modern History (2014/2015)
Teaching code
4S001531
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
M-STO/04 - CONTEMPORARY HISTORY
Period
Semestrino IIA, Semestrino IIB
Location
VERONA
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide the students with an interpretation of Latin American history that combines long durée (or path dependence, in the economists’ language) with the analysis of two case studies: Brazil and Argentina
Program
Course description: The course will be dedicated to the history of Latin America, a region with a population of over 600 millions, that historically had and today has demographic, economic and cultural links with Europe and Italy.
Requirements in advance: Basic knowledge of Latin American history
Teaching method: Lessons, Seminars
Bibliography (attending and not attending students)
- A. Hirschman, Il sottosviluppo, il mutamento e gli ostacoli alla percezione del mutamento, in Id., Ascesa e declino dell’economia dello sviluppo e altri saggi, a cura di A. Ginzburg, Rosenberg & Sellier, Torino, 1983
- J. L. Romero, Le città e le idee, storia urbana del Nuovo Mondo, Guida, Napoli, 1989*
- S. Buarque de Hollanda, Le radici del Brasile, Giunti, Firenze, 2000*
- G. Germani, Autoritarismo, fascismo e classi sociali, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1975*
Optional bibliography
- on Latin American history see: T. Halperín Donghi, Storiadell’America latina, Einaudi, Torino, 1972; A. Rouquié, L’America latina. Introduzione all´estremo Occidente, Bruno Mondadori, Milano, 2007; L. Bethell (ed.), The Cambridge History of Latin America, 10 voll., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1984-2008.
- on Latin American history in global perspective see: F. Braudel, Civiltà materiale, economia e capitalismo, Torino, Einaudi, 2006, v. 1 (Le strutture del quotidiano).
- on economics and demography see: R. Thorp, Progress, Poverty and Exclusion: an Economic History of Latin America in the 20th Century, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo-Unión Europea, Washington, 1998 and N. Sánchez Albornoz, La población de América Latina de los tiempos precolombinos al año 2025, Madrid, Alianza, 1994.
- for a comparison between Argentina and Brazil: F. J. Devoto - B. Fausto, Argentina- Brasil. Un ensayo de historia comparada, Sudamericana, Buenos Aires, 2008
* the chapters to study for the exam will be indicated in the first lesson
Examination Methods
Oral test (attending students); written test (not attending students)
